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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.
The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.
The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.
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.
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).
To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art
To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
