Business Strategy Quotes

"Most large organizations embrace the idea of invention, but are not willing to suffer the string of failed experiments necessary to get there." "Every startup should address a real and demonstrated need in the world. If you build a solution to a problem lots of people have, it's so easy to sell your product to the world" "The 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." "Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other." "In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone." "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."