“The assets of the Jewish National Home must be created exclusively through our own work, for only the product of the Hebrew labor can serve as the national estate.” HomeProductsLaborAssetsEstatesHebrewJewish National Author:David Ben-Gurion
“People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” PeopleInspirationalDifferencesDecisionBusinessCompanyCarProductsManagementAssetsTeamworkCosmeticsMotivational BusinessGood CompanyBusiness WorldGreat BusinessGreat CompanyTeam WorkingBest BusinessBusiness ManagementBusiness InspirationBuilding A BusinessTeamwork In BusinessDaily BusinessFocus In BusinessPositive Business Book:Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur Source: Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur
“Financial innovation can be highly dangerous, though almost no one will tell you this. New financial products are typically created for sunny days and are almost never stress-tested for stormy weather. Securitization is an area that almost perfectly fits this description; markets for securitized assets such as subprime mortgages completely collapsed in 2008 and have not fully recovered. Ironically, the government is eager to restore the securitization markets back to their pre-collapse stature.” GovernmentDangerousProductsFitAreasStressInnovationFinancialWeatherDescriptionAssetsCollapseTestedSunnyMortgageStatureStormySunny DayStormy Weather Author:Seth Klarman
“Character is the salesperson's stock in trade. The product itself is secondary. Truthfulness, enthusiasm and patience are great assets to every salesperson. Without them, they couldn't go far. Courage and courtesy are essential equipment.” CharacterProductsEssentialsTradeEnthusiasmAssetsEquipmentCourtesyTruthfulnessSalesperson Author:George Madison Adams
“The internet has opened the door for millions of businesses to do things differently, because there are other assets now, assets that can transcend location. Your permission to talk to customers, your reputation, your unique products-you can build a business around them online.” MillionsDoorsProductsInternetUniqueCustomersReputationOnlineAssetsPermissionLocation Author:Seth Godin
“There were the days when women were under contract, and they were thought of as a commodity, so they hired the best writers and a lot of them were women at the time. This was in the thirties and forties, to make product for the people who were under contract, who were their assets to the studios. But that doesn't exist anymore - and as a result, the people who are in the industry write products that interest them.” PeopleWritingInterestResultsProductsIndustryStudiosFortyAssetsContractsCommodity Author:Sally Field
“In India, 100 of the richest people own assets worth 25% of the gross domestic product. There's something terribly wrong. No individual and no corporation should be allowed to amass that kind of unlimited wealth, including bestselling writers like myself, who are showered with royalties.” PeopleShouldKindIndividualWealthProductsIndiaIncludingCorporationsAssetsUnlimitedGrossRoyaltyGross Domestic Product Author:Arundhati Roy