It’s not hard to understand why business confidence surveys report significant pessimism.

In our business, managing your labor costs is paramount.

Credentials are like potential energy, the compliments of a name on paper, in documents, word of mouth, but faith is like kinetic energy, the motion and the force that which is witnessed. Hence in the...

We didn’t think it would be $50 every year of the business plan. Clearly, in 2006 it’s not going to be $50.

Create your own fears; choose to fear living an average life.

See the big picture and details of everything in your life (zoom out, then zoom in).

Collaboratition: the art of working with our competitors.

That’s hard for JC guys to do, graduate in two-plus years. They’ve taken care of business in the classroom and have really matured and are getting things set for their future.

You recreate your world to your taste with God’s Word in your mouth.

Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes.

Decide to be rich! Hate poverty strong.

We’ll never substitute our core business, but [on-demand] will be an additional revenue stream.

We’re still family-owned, which keeps life a whole lot simpler. When my wife and kids and I decide to make a business move, we don’t have to ask Wall Street about it.

They see an opportunity to develop a business and create wealth. Unlike a lot of small cafe and restaurant owners, they’re not people who’ve bought into a lifestyle choice. There’s no emotion or ego involved....

The strategy is still the same. We are going to buy up where the business is doing well.

If you can imagine a solution, you can make it happen.

All Disruption starts with introspection.

Make sure everyone, who works with you or for you, feels the need to tell others about the incredible experience.

This is how you must be. You must become as evangelical about your promised outcome as he is about his. You must believe that you, and you alone, have the solution to your prospects problems....

A gentleman of ambition is aware of the people he wishes to be associated with both socially and commercially. He knows that moving through different levels of society is akin to stepping through different rooms...

Most people haven’t set themselves any course with regards to their life. They have no idea whether or not they are being blown in any useful direction whatsoever. They are just at the whim of...

That’s what marks out the successful from the nearly-rans. Focusing on what makes people itch rather than continuously presenting an entire catalogue of scratches.

People are not like a business. You can’t buy and sell them like so much property. You can’t lock them up in a vault and expect them to appreciate it.

Networking is an investment in your business. It takes time and when done correctly can yield great results for years to come.

We are here, and we are here to stay, … I declare this mission open for business.

Clearly, there are huge opportunities in improved customer service and increased business opportunities for car sales dealers who take the time to follow up with customers. Dealers typically don’t have the manpower to adequately follow...

He who gives back at first repulse and without striking the second blow, despairs success, has never been, is not, and never will be, a hero in love, war or business. – Frederick Tudor

I’m the sort of businessman who goes in to buy a lime, and comes out with a lemon. I’m shrewd like that. I’m the same with cars. If you ever need help buying a used...

We believe if we’re going to grow the business effectively, we need to focus our resources on marketing.

I’m just going to take these last couple games off and just take care of some personal business. But I’ll be there supporting and cheering for the team. I won’t practice or play, but I’ll...

In Stephen Davis, InfoSpace has found exactly the right leader to grow and expand our mobile entertainment business. Steve’s success in running major production and content companies has given him insight that will be invaluable...

Managers are important, they are leading the company and guiding and have to provide vision and manage the daily business,

We don’t want to leave it with them, … They’ve taken the position that revenue sharing is none of our business. The hell it isn’t.

Delivering a project isn’t difficult. What’s difficult is delivering a project without first taking the time to plan properly

Joel Bakan, author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power argues that if corporations have ‘person hood’ under the law, then it makes sense to question what kind of people they are....

[Few small e-commerce software makers have been able to turn a profit in the small-business market. Bock says that with an ISP’s sales channel, those small companies can change their fortunes.] The tools makers are...

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it’s harder to break out than ever.

I’d rather do more with the same, then the same with less.

Anything can happen in this business. We’re competing and we’re going to fight through to the end.

Brand and product don’t compete. Brand is product, and everything else conforming to the unique story that consumers create when they think of you.

My business is to forgive others.

Look for the positive qualities in your client’s negative behavior.

The number one way culture is shaped is by what leaders model.

Strategy is about shaping the future.

Menendez has a fund raiser, and basically everyone donates to him. It’s the way of business in Hudson County.

We don’t think it’s anybody’s business to guarantee a level of profitability (to individual teams).

In five minutes you should know if people have confirmed, calculated & considered your vision.

Let your motto then always be ‘Excelsior’, for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.

You cannot control the past but you have control over the life you build going forward.

It seems that Sears would want a merchant running the business, and it would be investing more money into enhancing the shopping experience at its stores.