Blake Mycoskie Quotes

I strongly believe the business of a business is to improve the world.

Charitable involvement, social impact, and global responsibility have always been important at Bain Capital.

There is good business doing good.

For us, my wife and I and all of my partners believe that corporations have to be corporate citizens, and individuals who benefit from them, or who have built them, need to give back.

Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani have made the decision to feed 250,000 victims of the Somali famine. Their compassion speaks for itself, and is a shining example of how the business community can have an enormous positive impact on the world.

There's a lot of good that's done for society in building businesses, but it's also great to be involved in those things where you can be connected to the community, to the world, and think about how you can use what you're creating, both in terms of your personal skills as well as your products or services to do good things for others.

It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.

Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community.

I can honestly say that TOMS is my future. I mean I have no desire to start any other company for as long as I live because this is the perfect blend of business and philanthropy to me.

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.

I feel a deep sense of responsibility to share everything that we've learned from TOMS, so that others can learn from both our mistakes and the counterintuitive principles that have guided our success.

It is important to view philanthropic ventures with an eye for business.

The business aspect and the social aspect of FEED go hand in hand. The more we can strengthen our business, the more we are able to give. And the more we can focus on giving back, the more customers will want to buy our products, thus strengthening our business.

I feel that business leaders with their ability to create businesses, with their ability to scale, need to play an important role in social service.

I'm fortunate that Mylan provides this platform that we can make a difference in the lives of people. I'm blessed.

The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market opportunities - that's something that appropriately ought to be done.

We always wanted to create a business that makes a difference in the world.

When we started our foundation, I was less than 30 years old. We pledged that 10 per cent of our profits, whatever the amount, would be used for a social cause, and that we would be actively involved in that cause.

I believe that companies that have the opportunity to improve the lives of their customers and communities have the responsibility to do so.

You have to be very careful. If you over-commercialize a social mission, it completely loses its soul.

If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.

With TOMS, I found a way to create sustainable giving and consistently help those who are in need.

When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.