Quotes About Business

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

In my own experience as a C.E.O., I would find myself laying awake at 3 A.M. asking questions about my business, and there weren't management books out there that could help me.

Management always has a big influence on your success, no matter how good or how bad the business is itself.

I grew up in the IBM school of management.

Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.

I had a job lined up as an assistant brand manager at Playtex, at age 23, all lined up. But my father had an offer to be acquired by DDB in 1978. He said, 'I'd really like you to come into the business for a year.'

What I want to do is bring back managing in the wrestling business.

It's not simply a case of managing players as they used to be any more, because players now are like small companies. You have to deal with their agents and it's become extremely tough being a manager these days.

It's crazy to go into manufacturing. That's not where the money is.

Our business is strong and enjoys high margins.

Market share is key.

I thought that marketing was a way to be creative in business but quickly learned all creative stuff happens at the ad agency.

Booking.com has been very good at performance marketing. That's how we grew our business.

For years people have approached me with great products but have had no way of marketing them.

I'm a marketing guy.

Two-sided markets are notoriously finicky.

We all have to think about the emerging markets.

Everyone's for free markets except when it affects your own business.

Markets that don't work we're going to step away from.

At the end of the day, the markets are my passion.

It is important to exhaust the potential of existing markets. But it is equally important to open up new markets.

We expect Seoul to be one of our most important markets not only in Asia but around the world.

People in emerging markets want to do business with the U.K. I don't see why the U.K. should be penalised for this.

The rule was: Lose your temper, lose a customer. She had just proved that rule. It troubled her to realise how very enjoyable it had been.