“Oh, I'm all about small business. I think what we've learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed and the creation of false value gets us all in trouble. If we look at the American economy, who's really creating value? It's the small businesses.” IfsThinkingLooksBigsValuesEconomyTroubleStreetsCreationWallCreatingGreedSmall BusinessBig BusinessAmerican EconomyCreating Value Author:Robert Herjavec
“People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.” PeopleHomeValuesCreatingNeighborhoodImprovingCreating Value Author:Mark Noble
“Real value means people value-and creating value really means helping people choose better lives.” PeopleMeanRealHelpingValuesCreatingBetter LifeHelping PeopleReally MeanMean PeopleReal ValueCreating Value Author:Oliver DeMille
“Productivity = creating value and delivering it to people. All other busywork is unproductive fluff and should be minimized.” PeopleShouldValuesCreatingProductivityDeliveringUnproductiveFluffCreating Value Author:Steve Pavlina
“Being frugal, conscious of making money, is not a negative thing. That sensibility of creating value and finding value and reinvesting in those customers is what separates great restaurants from the average ones.” ValuesFindingsCreatingConsciousNegativeAverageCustomersMaking MoneyRestaurantsSensibilityFrugalCreating ValueGreat Restaurants Author:Joe Bastianich
“To make a quick buck, but over time, if you're not creating value for others, customers, society, isn't going to let you be around.” IfsValuesCreatingCustomersBucksCreating Value Author:Charles Koch
“So to the best we can, what we do is focus on creating value for others, and how do we do that? We do it by trying to produce products and services that our customers will value more than their alternatives, and not just their alternatives today, but what the alternatives will be in the future. We try to more efficiently use resources than our competitors, and constantly improve in that, and we try to do the best job we can in creating a safe environment, and environmental excellence, and constantly improve at that.” TryingUseTodayJobsValuesEnvironmentFocusProduceProductsSafeCreatingResourcesExcellenceEnvironmentalCustomersAlternativesCompetitorsDo The BestBest JobSafe EnvironmentCreating Value Author:Charles Koch
“Best part of my job is fulfillment. When I see that, that we're creating value, that we're helping improve people's lives, and we benefit from it, so it's a system of mutual benefit. Our philosophy's working. That's what turns me on. That's what keeps me going.” PeoplePhilosophyHelpingJobsValuesTurnsBenefitsCreatingFulfillmentMutualTurn MeCreating ValueMutual Benefit Author:Charles Koch
“It's also one of these strange points where metaphysics converges with economy. Because really what the experts are doing is creating value by banishing doubt. All great dead painters basically have this one person, this expert who has the metaphysical power to grant a seal of authenticity.” PersonsValuesEconomyDoubtStrangeCreatingAuthenticityPainterExpertsGrantsMetaphysicsMetaphysicalSealsCreating Value Author:Daniel Kehlmann
“Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works if people have the right values.” PeopleIfsValuesInformationCreatingRight ThingCreating Value Author:Charles Koch
“All the corporate welfare, yeah, it goes from cash payments to debt, to regulations on the competitors, to restrictions on trade, to mandates. You name it, anything so that business doesn't have to do a better job of creating value for others - they can just get the system in their favor.” JobsValuesNamesCreatingYeahTradeDebtFavorsCorporateWelfareCashRegulationCompetitorsRestrictionPaymentMandatesBetter JobsCreating Value Author:Charles Koch