Jim Oberweis Quotes

There are companies with management and companies with money. You can always find money. Management is the key to success in any business.

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

You can't run a business based on sympathies; otherwise our business would be hampered.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

Set your business plan to win; raise the bar or you're not going to be prepared. You need to think that what you're doing will make you $100 million.

In the business world, bad news is usually good news - for somebody else.

People follow proven formulas in any business.

We recognize the need to adapt to a changing competitive environment.

Life's a pitch, then you buy.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring oil rigs if we didn't believe we could get 40 percent.

What matters in the Sun-tzu universe are not positions of strength and power, but situations in which you have options, full of potential force.

Even in large corporations, smaller ideas may not get enough resources.

You have to have a business model you believe in and like.

Giving up your core business in search of a phantom audience is not wise.

The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.

Sometimes, the startup game works in your favor just because you got in at the right time and right environment. Other times, you're a little too late entering an already crowded space. But startups with strong fundamentals withstand external conditions and come out ahead in good or bad times.

To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection.

Business comes and goes and we make a strategic decision that could lead you to whole new place.

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

You cannot change strategy due to a trend.

If an acquisition can speed a process or fill a gap, we'll jump right to that. It's about timing, need... it's not necessarily an algorithm.

In the future, there are going to be various components of doing business that have to be looked at.

When companies are successful or not successful, they almost immediately jump to the wrong conclusions about how they got there or why they got there.