Top 100 Business Advice Advice Quotes
#1. One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.
Richard Branson
#2. You just can't take for granted just how absolutely predatory the technology space is.
Sean Silcoff
#3. The more businesses you have, the less work you do.
Ehab Atalla
#4. Jess, I've got no business judging anyone. But I can offer you some advice if you don't mind.
"Sure." Though my palms start to sweat anticipating what he might say.
"Never ask someone to tell you who you are. You tell them.
Erin McCarthy
#5. It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.
Karen Mills
#6. Be very clear about your own offerings so you know exactly what kind of client or customer you want to work with (and the ones you don't.)
Lisa A. Mininni
#7. You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.
Steve Jobs
#9. Successful entrepreneurship begins and ends with customer wants and needs, not what you want and need.
Joseph C. Kunz Jr.
#10. If you can't recite your elevator pitch at the drop of a hat, stay home.
Aliza Licht
#11. Make a concise statement clearly and you should only need to say it once.
Mary Mihalic
#12. Everyone isn't going to embrace your value, but that doesn't mean you need to go and change your price.
Stephan Labossiere
#13. Change is not always easy when patterns in our lives have existed so long.
Lolly Daskal
#15. If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.
Sheryl Sandberg
#17. In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
Sheryl Sandberg
#18. Make sure you work at a place which gives you opportunities to learn, travel, explore, interact with intellectuals and new work skills.
Abhishek Ratna
#19. Best practices are those practices that generally produce the best results or minimize risk.
Chad White
#20. Where do business leaders turn for advice to improve their leadership skills? Many successful leaders like Dan Cathy, President and COO of Chick-fil-A turn to the Bible. Speaking at Trinity College in Illinois, "Cathy discussed how scripture dictates Chick-fil-A's business plan.
R.J. Stepansky
#21. Projects become complex because we try to solve it alone. Use your working relationships to help you problem solve. Your solution may be as easy as asking your online community for help and direction.
Lisa A. Mininni
#22. Poor practices are blunting email marketing's effectiveness and keeping its ROI from being truly awesome.
Chad White
#23. Small businesses, you can give them capital, but what they often need as much is mentoring, advice and help with their business plan.
Karen Mills
#24. Remind me, Lord, of why I create things and that YOU ... you are the best of artists, put these gifts in me to share with the world.
Jennifer Allwood
#25. No good sensible working bee listens to the advice of a bedbug on the subject of business.
Elbert Hubbard
#26. I'm not sure I'm cut out for this wise-advice business. Maybe I should wear a fake white beard to convince myself I am a sage.
Cassandra Clare
#27. The trick is learning to frame your new ideas as tweaks of old ideas, to mix a little fluency with a little disfluency - to make your audience see the familiarity behind the surprise.
Derek Thompson
#31. Ben Franklin said:
"Early to bed and early to rise
Make a man healthy wealthy and wise"
Lately I have read the advice given to William Randolph Hearst, when a young man, by his father:
"Go downtown at noon and rob the other fellows of what they have made during the morning.
E. Haldeman-Julius
#32. Constraint inspired creativity. Blank spaces are difficult to fill, but the smallest prompt can send us in fantastic new directions
Biz Stone
#33. Many business people end up being relationship rich, and referral poor.
Timothy M. Houston
#34. You don't run a business from your office, you run a business looking at the faces of your customers to be sure they're happy.
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#35. In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.
David Hasselhoff
#36. The on-brand execution of best practices tailored to your unique audience is what leads to the best execution.
Chad White
#37. Level 5 leaders display a workmanlike diligence - more plow horse than show horse.
James C. Collins
#38. People who don't check their email before they get into the office in the morning, need not apply for anything.
Aliza Licht
#39. Why climb the corporate ladder when you can build an elevator in your own building?
Joshua E. Leyenhorst
#40. Brands that will survive and thrive from now on are those with C-level executives that understand the incredible opportunity new media offers them and commit to excellence in managing their social media presence.
Brian E. Boyd Sr.
#42. Three rules of good negotiation:
1. Know what the other party wants.
2. Listen carefully.
3. Don't let your emotions get in the way of a good deal.
Betty Liu
#43. You may have had someone ask you, "What can I do for you?" Instead of postponing the offer by responding with "I'll let you know," seize the opportunity with a specific response. What's even better is when your answer benefits the both of you.
Lisa A. Mininni
#45. Executing the solution means gaining customer commitment and delivering on your promises
Chris Murray
#46. Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far more than dictating demands.
Dan James
#47. One of the ways to make sure you have a thriving practice is to always market. The best way to do that is to systematize your marketing mix, so it runs on autopilot.
Lisa A. Mininni
#48. My first advice is to keep God first in everything you do. Second is stay in shape, stay ready and learn about the business because you don't want to be in a business you know nothing about, because they will take advantage of you, in this business.
Roy Jones Jr.
#49. Business after all is a form of warfare; you bring all your available weapons to bear. If you don't you're a fool. ("Jane Brown's Body")
Cornell Woolrich
#51. Create reciprocity in your business by making the first gesture, like make a comment on the blog of a great speaker.
Lisa A. Mininni
#52. Competition is simply an unestablished paternship.
Tyler Wagner
#53. The first part of success is "Get-to-it-iveness"; the second part of success is "Stick-to-it-iveness".
Orison Swett Marden
#54. ...relentlessly pursue your best method of getting customers, and not the stuff you naturally gravitate to.
Dan Norris
#55. While we share the same set of values, we can - and do - have different business interests. Dad has been there to give me career advice along the way, but he has always let me call the play.
Ross Perot Jr.
#56. Why do customers (and that includes you and me) find it so difficult to recall more than a couple of occasions when they felt that they were treated exceptionally by the salespeople who dealt with them?
Chris Murray
#57. The best piece of advice I've ever been given was, 'Be in the business you're in.' Don't just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business you're in.
Ray Stevenson
#59. For your business to stand out and succeed, you have to put a primary focus on the social media space, go in big (halfway will not do), and do it better than most, right from the start.
Brian E. Boyd Sr.
#60. Like Hansel and Gretel whose trail of breadcrumbs got eaten~ your customer may lose their way once they have left your website and they may never come back.
An email marketing list helps you remind your customers of who you and your business are.
Nina Montgomery
#63. If someone shows promise in a trade, why not give them practical business advice, teach them how to handle money, show them the ways they can start their own business, and help them to become fully trained?
Erin Osborne
#65. If you don't ask, you'll never know. Be an educated risk taker.
Aliza Licht
#66. My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.
Simon Cowell
#67. It is critical to learn how to listen for what is not being said.
Debra Kaye
#68. It's easy to think people have no business giving you advice when it isn't the advice you want to hear.
Katie Kacvinsky
#69. Avoid the Yes or No-and-Go scenario.Give more than one option for others to do business with you. Include packages or pricing options.
Lisa A. Mininni
#70. Earning the Right is a commitment to be the sales professional that your customer really needs
Chris Murray
#71. One of the most important pieces of advice that I have learned is to listen to your customers. They will be able to tell you how your business is doing and what direction you need to go in.
Bill Zanker
#72. Really good customer service will deliver sales. You are training salesmen to give the best possible advice and then to achieve the sale. People actually like you to ask for a sale because it shows you value their business.
John Caudwell
#73. Look for patterns, and then ask why those patterns exist.
Debra Kaye
#74. Think of every contact a customer has with your brand as the most important encounter of your life.
Dane Brookes
#75. Earn the Right - Ensure you put this chunk of Sales Tetris in place first and all the other pieces just take their own positions naturally.
Chris Murray
#76. You must first serve yourself to sustainably serve others.
Lisa A. Mininni
#78. The ability to listen,watch and draw lessons from obvious and unlikely places breeds originality and growth
Biz Stone
#79. If customers don't trust you to help them at the beginning of the sales process, they certainly won't trust you with their money at the end of it.
Chris Murray
#80. Marketers and executives are very different from the average consumer, so your instincts may mislead you.
Chad White
#81. Social media takes time and careful, strategic thought. It doesn't happen by accident.
Brian E. Boyd Sr.
#83. It is easier to define whether or not you can afford something than whether you need it in the first place.
Michael F. Bruyn
#84. Artificial Intelligence is not a Man versus Machine saga; it's in fact, Man with Machine synergy.
Sudipto Ghosh
#85. I never want to make screw-you money like the rest of the financial services industry.
Dan Price
#86. Systems give you freedom. Put one business system in place this week and watch what happens.
Lisa A. Mininni
#88. We're all somebody's prospect; we're all somebody's customer.
Chris Murray
#90. Investments in greater email marketing sophistication often lead to even higher returns, not diminishing returns.
Chad White
#91. The fact that you have started a small business doesn't mean you should be thinking small. Think BIG! Start Small! Expand your territories!
Bernard Kelvin Clive
#92. My best advice to actors is if you love acting, do it every chance you get. Success does not mean success. All that matters is whether or not you're doing your best to entertain. The way this business works is all about luck and timing.
Matthew Gray Gubler
#95. If you know what your customers want, the other aspect to know is what are your competitors doing?
Shawn Casemore
#96. Social media is your opportunity to reach a massive number of people with transparency, honesty, and integrity.
Brian E. Boyd Sr.
#97. Don't hesitate to seek external help or advice where need be. Sometimes, it takes an external, emotionally unattached individual to detect your business flaws and render unbiased advice.
Richard Branson
#98. Seal the Deal Tip: When meeting with someone who asks a lot of questions, they're seeking information. Once you meet their need for proof and information, they will say Yes! I want to do business with you.
Lisa A. Mininni
#99. Trust your instincts, know what you want, and believe in your ability to achieve it.
Biz Stone
#100. Your business is not hardware. Your business is communications. Your business is access to information.
Michael Crichton
