In a world that's changing so quickly, you're guaranteed to fail if you don't take any risks.
Progress, Change, RiskMark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO)I've actually not read any books on time management.
Elon MuskStay hungry, stay foolish.
Steve JobsIf your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
Greed, Wealth & RichnessJohn D. RockefellerIf you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
Elon MuskYour most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Bill Gates, 1999Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Progress, SuccessThomas J. WatsonIt’s business. Leave your emotions at the door.
The Wolf of Wall Street, by Jordan BelfortWhen people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.
Meg WhitmanIf you can't admit a failure, you're not an entrepreneur. You are not a good business person. There's nothing brilliant about what you are doing.
Mark CubanMost entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.
IdeasReed HastingsYour first projects aren't the greatest things in the world, and they may have no money value, they may go nowhere, but that is how you learn - you put so much effort into making something right if it is for yourself.
Steve WozniakYou can make something big when young that will carry you through life. Look at all the big startups like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They were all started by very young people who stumbled on something of unseen value. You'll know it when you hit a home run.
Ideas, Facebook, Apple, Google, MicrosoftSteve WozniakThere is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
Money, CapitalismSam WaltonIf you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
SuccessJohn D. RockefellerIn the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Warren BuffettThe biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
RiskMark ZuckerbergThere are two kinds of companies; those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. One will be second.
AmazonJeff Bezos (Amazon CEO)I'm against retiring. The thing that keeps a man alive is having something to do.
Colonel SandersIf you work just for money, you'll never make it. But if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.
McDonald'sRay Kroc (McDonald's CEO)You're only as good as the people you hire.
Ray KrocI find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
CapitalismJohn CleeseSucceeding in business is not just about making money.
Dan SnyderPut your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
Daniel EkAlong the way, I learned the key to launching a company. It's all about storytelling.
Gil PenchinaI guess one of the main things you realize when you work as an entrepreneur is that it's long days, long hours.
Brock PierceGreat products sell themselves.
Kevin SystromWhat made Louis Vuitton famous was the quality. We don't do marketing; we just create products which are exceptional in their design and craftsmanship.
Louis Vuitton, QualityBernard ArnaultMotivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
Lee IacoccaDecisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager.
Lee IacoccaGreat leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.
Reed HastingsGoogle was founded to get information to everybody. A by-product of that strategy is that we invented an advertising business which has provided great economics that allows us to build the servers, hire the employees, create value.
GoogleEric SchmidtCreative things have to sell to get acknowledged as such.
Steve WozniakOnce you go from 10 people to 100, you already don't know who everyone is. So at that stage you might as well keep growing, to get the advantages of scale.
Sergey BrinNo matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.
SuccessMatt CameronI don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.
Robert BoschA brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
Jeff BezosA friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
John D. RockefellerThe first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
TechnologyBill GatesGreat things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.
TeamsSteve JobsMicrosoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that.
Computer, MicrosoftBill Gates, am 1. Oktober 2004 (Rede im Museum für Computergeschichte)It really isn't about fun anymore; it's about mission.
FacebookMark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO), Tech Crunch Disrupt 2011 - about the future of Facebook