Alexander Osterwalder Quotes

Young entrepreneurs should spend an awful lot of time thinking about what they want to go into.

I've found that in business opportunities will constantly emerge or situations develop that make you revise your plans along the way.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.

In any business, you have to evolve.

For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'

One thing I've learned about his business is this whole 'plan thing' - it doesn't work.

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I see the opportunity and we're going right.'

We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.

What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can. You build to it. But a good entrepreneur is always prepared to throttle back, put on the brakes, and if the world changes, adapt to the world.

For over forty years, I've been one of the most passionate believers in entrepreneurs. From day one, I've learned that too many small businesses are predicated on business models that the owner barely understands, and then, those same men and women are baffled when their business dreams are overwhelmed with struggles they never foresaw.

You change your business plan to anticipate and adapt to changes in the marketplace.

A three-to-six month course can give priority and direction on the five or six important things that entrepreneurs need to do first.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

Because I didn't have much money, I bought a small shop that fit my budget. The previous six owners had closed their business in three years. The store had no people traffic and, because of that, I was able to focus on figuring out how to provide a better service to each and every one of the customers that did come through.

Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time.

Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.

Our ultimate goal is to stay in business. We are not here with a specific plan. That's kind of how our entire career has evolved. We will figure things out as we go along.

The essence of good business is knowing when to step on a train and when to step off.

Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.

I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

Ultimately, innovation depends on the people with advanced skills who have the ideas, and on the business risk-takers willing to back them.

Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.