In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty. Radhanath Swami automobilebankruptcybusiness share on social
I think one purpose is very clear among corporations and business leaders: make profits, deliver high return for stockholders, conquer markets, service consumers and create jobs. But in today's world, demands from corporations and leaders are much more than that. We need to understand what people really want at the very end. Vicente Fox businessclearconquer share on social
A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy. Rod Blagojevich areabusinesscompete share on social
The mercantile business did not suit me. John James Audubon businessmercantilesuit Change image and share on social
If you're in business, and you don't understand how that word of mouth works, you won't be able to take full advantage of it, how to get full adoption by getting that network to talk about you. Robert Scoble adoptionadvantagebusiness Change image and share on social
There's smarter people than me. But you cannot have any one guy running 18 billion-dollar businesses. It just doesn't make sense to me. I've met some extraordinary leaders in my time. They struggle with running one billion-dollar business. Robert Scoble billionbusinessdollar share on social
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as 'suits'. Paul Graham businesscoincidencedress Change image and share on social
You know your business model is broken when you're suing your customers. Paul Graham breakbusinesscustomer Change image and share on social
One thing I've learned about his business is this whole 'plan thing' - it doesn't work. Josh Charles businesshavelearn Change image and share on social
Business needs to move to adopt much more scalable pull platforms. When we talk about pull platforms, often people focus on one level of pull, which is what we call access. It's simply, if I have a need, I can make a request, get the resource or the information I need when needed. John Hagel III accessadoptbusiness share on social