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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - read more
In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when read more
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise,
I barter for curl upon that mart.
The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise,
I barter for curl upon that mart.
They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor
goodwill.
They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor
goodwill.
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is read more
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.
A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived read more
A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
It's time to reappreciate the original software: paper.
It's time to reappreciate the original software: paper.
