Business Strategy Quotes

"Building a business is not rocket science, it’s about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity." "Entrepreneurial business favors the open mind. It favors people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so." "A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts." "We, we – as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market." "Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line." "If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline." "My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around." "Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way." "Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming." "One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes." "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it." "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." "A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well." "If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering." "Your margin is my opportunity." "All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's." "If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away." "If you're long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned." "Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales, and we do it anyway." "Day 2 companies make high-quality decisions, but they make high-quality decisions slowly. To keep the energy and dynamism of Day 1, you have to somehow make high-quality, high-velocity decisions."