Best New Business Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 2

“The key thing is to invest in the future and what that means is when you're deploying technology or you're a technology business, is to make sure that you're keeping on the innovation cycle, where you're both creating and adopting the new business practices, and the new techniques in order to drive your business the right way.”

Way Mean Order Practice Technology Keys Creating Innovation Technique Cycles Right Way Adopting New Business Key Things Deploying

Author:Reid Hoffman

“If you talk to anyone involved in business - forget banks and big business - talk to small businesses - do it yourself, don't ask me - they'll tell you it's crippling. Small-business formation is the lowest it has ever been in a recovery, and it's really for two reasons. One is regulations and the second is access to capital for people starting new businesses.”

People Reason Forget Recovery Ask Me Lowest Small Business Big Business Do It Yourself New Business

Author:Jamie Dimon

“For me, one of the highlights of being in the private equity world is that you need to learn a lot and very quickly about different businesses. So it's always a continuing learning experience where you can apply what you know, of course, by way of judgment and by way of numerical analysis. You're always investing in new businesses, which is a learning experience in itself. I think that is a wonderful thing and I think it makes for intellectual challenge and for continued personal growth. That, for me, is the highlight of this job.”

Thinking World Different Growth Challenges Wonderful Judgment Intellectual Personal Growth Equity Learning Experience New Business

Author:David Bonderman

“By all indications, American business leaders are more adept at creating business strategies than they are skilled at human capital management. American entrepreneurs are world-beaters when it comes to creating new businesses, and corporate managers are adept at using the latest marketing, financial, and technological practices.”

Leader Management Strategy Entrepreneur Marketing Financial Technological New Business

Author:James O'Toole

“I run into people from the Lehigh Valley and Allentown all over the world, and they're obviously doing pretty well. They say, "Oh, it's pretty nice there now and there's a lot of new businesses that have come into the area." Nobody's telling me, "Yeah, I left." Everybody says, "You know, I'm there. It's great. It's really nice there, and you made our town famous."”

People World Running Nice Really Nice New Business Our Town

Author:Billy Joel

“My advice is don't use technology primarily to lower costs. Use technology to create new, effective ways of touching the market and creating new businesses and if you do that right, the cost savings will come.”

Technology Advice Touching New Business

Author:Paul Saffo

“We need a game plan to deploy it very quickly to both move the economy forward and create the new businesses and jobs, and address climate change. It's a pretty big task. Pretty challenging.”

Moving Challenges Economy Climate Change New Business Game Plan

Author:Jeremy Rifkin

“With the communication internet, whole industries have been disrupted. You're in the publishing industry, you understand that. Before, we had newspapers, magazines - now you're on the web. I'm in book publishing. I don't have to tell you what's happened to us. Television has taken a hit. The music industry. But, thousands of new businesses have emerged on this new communication revolution platform. Not just Google, Facebook, and Twitter. There are thousands of operations. Businesses that are doing the platforms, the apps. They're mining the big data. They're creating the connections.”

Book Taken Communication Revolution Internet Publishing Google Music Industry Mining New Business

Author:Jeremy Rifkin

“No matter what level you're starting at, it's about not only utilizing your time, but your resources and network. For me, I started my company with a small amount of savings; I never had investors and I was lucky in the sense that I had models and connections in the fashion industry who were willing to give me advice early on. So really, for anyone starting a new business, it's really important to seek out mentors and knowledge from those who have come before you. And to not let that be discouraging, but to take that advice and really learn from it and mold it to what you're trying to do.”

Giving Trying Important Advice Fashion Lucky Investors Mentor Discouraging Fashion Industry New Business

Author:Lauren Bush

“iStockphoto was revolutionizing the stock photography industry, establishing a whole new business model and democratizing stock art for everyone. It made sense for the industry-leading stock image company to take iStock to the next stage of growth, serving all markets at every price point.”

Art Growth Photography New Business

Author:Bruce Livingstone

“I cannot for the life of me understand why the American market keeps going up. Our economy has some real challenges. The infrastructure's falling apart. We're destroying jobs with technology. We are keeping the best and the brightest from around the world from coming to America to create new jobs and create new businesses. All of those things would give you pause to worry about the future.”

World Giving Real Fall Challenges Technology Worry Economy Keep Going Falling Apart New Job New Business

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“If you look at who starts new businesses, people that are innovative and risk takers. When you look at immigrants, you really have to be an innovator and a risk taker to leave everything you know in the old country and go to a new country. People that come here in America come here to work.”

People Country Risk Innovative New Business

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“We are focusing Philip Morris organization much more on the new business. We will have very few new traditional product introductions, and as markets switch to IQOS we would remove resources from the old business completely.Next year IQOS becomes profitable, so even the financing from these traditional businesses isn't necessary anymore, because it becomes fully self-sustaining.”

Introduction Financing Philip New Business Morris

Author:Andre Calantzopoulos

“When new businesses open that are trying to attract people with cultural capital or cultural ambitions, they are often more expensive than traditional neighborhood stores and cafés, they offer different products, and they have a different atmosphere. Longtime residents may feel uncomfortable there. Structurally, as a group of gentrifiers gets bigger, there is less room for longtime residents. When it becomes a pattern and you can see the effects, we call that displacement.”

People Trying Different Ambition Atmosphere Uncomfortable Neighborhood New Business

Author:Sharon Zukin

“I think there's more stressful periods than others when you're launching new things or going into a new business, or there are many things that can stress you out. Having to let people go, that's stressful. Never fun. But for the most part, I try to manage a schedule that's achievable and try not to make a schedule that's not. And a lot of times, sometimes it becomes a little unmanageable, but in spurts. So I think being able to make an achievable schedule, one that I know I can accomplish.”

People Thinking Trying Sometimes Fun Stress Accomplish Manage Stressful New Business

Author:Venus Williams

“There is much that public policy can do to support American entrepreneurs. Health insurance reform will make it easier for entrepreneurs to take a chance on a new business without putting their family's health at risk. Tort reform will make it easier to take prudent risks on new products in a number of sectors.”

Can Do Chance Numbers Support Risk Policy Products Easier Entrepreneur Reform Take A Chance Prudent Public Policy New Business New Products Torts

Author:Eric Ries

“**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process; it comes form some cocktail of happenstance, desire, curiosity, ambition and need. But at the end of the day, there has to be a degree of foresight -- a sense of where new riches lie. So radical innovation is always one part fortuity and one part clearheaded vision. [first-line bold by author] [2002] p.23”

“All too often, a successful new business model becomes the business model for companies not creative enough to invent their own.”

Enough Company Creative Successful Models Business Models New Business

Author:Gary Hamel

“For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.”

People Mean Jobs Purpose Differences Wealth Responsibility Issues Successful Creating Entrepreneur Prosperity Extremes Making A Difference Successful Entrepreneurs New Business

Author:Richard Branson

“Those guys who want to have the Mohawk...which, to me, is the new business casual.”

Want Guy Casual New Business Mohawks

Author:Gerard Way

“I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow's new business leaders." --Sidney Harman, CEO Multimillionaire of a stereo components company”

“One of the things I have learned over 26 years in the business is that the most productive place to focus new business efforts on is current clients. Think about it you have the relationship, you have inside knowledge of the company, the people and often, the brand, so it's a much less diverting exercise. Simply put, the odds of getting a higher share with current clients is much better than getting in the front door with new ones.”

People Thinking Years Effort Business Company Focus Doors Share Fronts Higher Exercise Currents Brands Productive Odds I Have Learned Clients Front Doors New Business

Author:Rochelle B Lazarus

“In my experience, in the real-estate business past success stories are generally not applicable to new situations. We must continually reinvent ourselves, responding to changing times with innovative new business models.”

Real Stories Past Success Change Business Situation Models Innovation Estates Innovative Responding Business Models Innovation And Business New Business Success Stories New Situations Past Success

Author:Akira Mori

“One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high taxes from starting a new business. Rather, the Prince should be ready to reward men who want to do these things and those who endeavour in any way to increase the prosperity of their city or their state.”

Men Way Want Should States Cities Liberty Taken Ready Taxes Increase Rewards Starting Prosperity One Man Improving Endeavour New Business High Taxes Starting New Business

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business.”

Inspirational Past Forgiveness Forgiving Permit Grievance New Business Power Of Forgiveness Self Forgiveness Forgiveness Of Sins Not Forgiving

Author:Lance Morrow

“The growth of Stewart Airport creates new jobs for area residents, brings new business and new travelers to the region, and brings new convenient travel options to those of us living in the Hudson Valley.”

Jobs Growth Travel Areas Regions Valleys Traveler Funny Travel Airports Convenient Residents New Job New Business

Author:Sue Kelly

“I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”

“I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.”

Want Wells Dream Jobs Energy Growth Industry Clean American Dream Clean Energy New Business Biotechnology American Leadership

Author:William J. Clinton

“Responding to the challenge of climate change is the ultimate political test for our generation...Our package not only responds to this challenge, but...is an opportunity that should create thousands of new businesses and millions of jobs in Europe.”

Should Jobs Political Opportunity Energy Challenges Millions Environment Generations Europe Tests Ultimate Climate Climate Change Packages Responding Our Generation New Business

Author:Jose Manuel Barroso

“It's important to build a personal brand because it's the only thing you're going to have. Your reputation online, and in the new business world is pretty much the game, so you've got to be a good person. You can't hide anything, and more importantly, you've got to be out there at some level.”

World Persons Important Games Levels Reputation Brands Online Branding Good Person Personal Branding Business World Being A Good Person New Business

Author:Gary Vaynerchuk

“Whenever one or more components of a company's business model changes, new business models are created for supporting companies. The changes might involve niches served, new marketing angles or improved value propositions.”

Might Values Company Models Marketing Angle Propositions Components Niche Business Models New Business

Book:Get Rich Click: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

Source: Get Rich Click: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

“That’s why people who seek out group flow often join startups or work for themselves. Serial entrepreneurs keep starting new business as much for the flow experience, as for the additional success.”

People Groups Flow Entrepreneur Starting Serials New Business Starting New Business

Author:Steven Kotler

“As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.”

Firsts Age Results Class Models Digital Mail Decline First Class Digital Age Business Models New Business Postal Service

Author:Bernie Sanders

“Money goes out first to pay expenses and then comes back as profits later - if at all. The high rate of failure of new businesses makes painfully clear that there is nothing inevitable about the money coming back.”

Ifs Firsts Pay Clear Rate Profit Inevitable Expenses Coming Back New Business

Book:Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

Source: Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

“The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.”

Running Powerful Innovation Execution Inquiry New Business

Author:Richard Branson

“People tend to think that in order to start a new business they have to come up with something new and dazzling, but that's a myth - and it's often propagated by venture capitalists.”

People Thinking Order Entrepreneur Come Up Myth Something New Capitalist Venture Dazzling New Business Venture Capitalists

Book:The Dream: How I Learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions

Source: The Dream: How I Learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions

“The pace of change for entrepreneurs is rapidly accelerating, and the cost and risk of launching a new business and getting off the ground is just amazing. The ability to gain user feedback really quickly and adapt to what your consumers want is totally different with the web as it is now. But finding a new market, helping people and taking that original idea and turning it into a business is really exciting right now.”

“To create a new business that makes money, and more significantly, employs others, and more significantly, gives a product to a customer that improves their life, is our greatest challenge, our greatest opportunity, and the greatest gift, far greater than any charity that we can give our fellow person.”

Giving Persons Life Is Opportunity Challenges Greater Products Fellows Charity Customers Making Money Greatest Gifts New Business

Author:Paul Zane Pilzer

“The formation of the News America Publishing Group will lead to greater editorial excitement, new business opportunities and greater efficiencies and coordination.”

America Opportunity Greater Groups News Excitement Publishing Efficiency Formation Editorials Coordination New Business Business Opportunity

Author:Peter Chernin

“Don't try to be the 'next'. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.”

Trying Next Business New Business

Author:Seth Godin

“New customers are the best source of new business”

Source Customers New Business

Book:How I Raised Myself From Failure

Source: How I Raised Myself From Failure

“Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk.”

Growing Risk Carrie Worthwhile New Business Leaving Home Starting New Business

Author:Chris Hadfield

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work”

“If you are seizing on a new business opportunity, deliberately move your customers' expectations up a few notches and consistently over-deliver on your promises - you will leave your competitors struggling to catch up.”

Ifs Moving Opportunity Struggle Promise Expectations Customers Consistently Competitors New Business Seizing Notches Business Opportunity

Author:Richard Branson

“A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.”

Ideas Opportunity Growth Window Essence Personal Growth Speed Isolation Good Ideas New Business Window Of Opportunity

Author:Richard Branson

“Stop looking at the Web as merely a display opportunity and not a way to interact. That does not create a new business model, it just shifts one that isn't growing and is outdated. The reason sites like Google are stealing advertisers from daily newspapers is not because Google has more eyeballs. It's because Google used the interactivity of the Web to deliver a new, better way to advertise.”

Way Doe Reason Used Opportunity Growing Models Newspapers Stealing Display Google Site Better Ways Business Models Advertisers Outdated New Business Eyeballs

Author:Sarah Lacy

“We don't actually plan to launch new businesses over the next few years, but we are planning to take the ones we have into new territories.”

Years Next Plans Planning Territory Entrepreneurial New Business New Territory

Author:Richard Branson

“Asset-heavy businesses generally earn low rates of return - rates that often barely provide enough capital to fund the inflationary needs of the existing business, with nothing left over for real growth, for distribution to owners, or for acquisition of new businesses”

Needs Real Enough Left Growth Return Lows Rate Heavy Owners Fund Assets Distribution Acquisition New Business

Author:Warren Buffett

“If you look at the careers of great entrepreneurs and you look at the moment they took their plunge, the plunge is rarely a great financial or material risk, it’s a social risk. At the moment they started their new businesses, everyone around them said ‘you’re an idiot’.”

Ifs Looks Said Moments Social Careers Risk Materials Entrepreneur Financial Idiot Plunge Risk It New Business Great Financial

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“I do think that people have an obligation to give back but that doesn't necessarily mean that you give back just the traditional way. Maybe there's new ways to give back and make a contribution. I'm looking forward to some mix of philanthropy - maybe through a somewhat different prism - as well as helping entrepreneurs build some significant new businesses.”

People Thinking Way Giving Wells Mean Different Helping Entrepreneur Significant Obligation Traditional Contribution New Ways Philanthropy Looking Forward Giving Back New Business Prisms

Author:Steve Case

New Business Quotes

Related topics

New Business Quotes