Anita Roddick Quotes

There is the opportunity to do more and better if you're smaller and more nimble.

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

The Future Belongs to Those Who are Fast

I can't say enough about the guts and the talents of Amazon. They're so agile, they're so nimble; they picked us up two weeks after we premiered, and their whole attitude is, 'Go, go, go, go,' so I'm very, very impressed.

Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.

Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

Be big, fast and flexible.

One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it.

An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.

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 the technology world, you have to execute fast or you're out of business.

The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.

The Internet moves very fast. In the old world, we could afford to sit and analyze forever. But in the new world, the first mover has the advantage.

The winner of the next war will be he who learns the most and learns the fastest.

There is no time for normal General Staff procedure. Speed is essential and your efforts should be informal.

Moving with the times is an important idea for strategy today.

The whole idea behind virtual integration is that it lets you meet customers' needs faster and more efficiently than any other model. With vertical integration, you can be an efficient producer - as long as the world isn't changing very much.

I'm in a profession where if you're planning more than six months ahead, you're doing it wrong!

The best businesses are the ones that are the most paranoid.

I'm agile.

All wealth comes from adding value, from producing more, better, cheaper, faster, and easier than someone else.

Small business, right down to the individual can beat big, bureaucratic companies ten times out of ten.

Don't get stubborn, flow with the go. The key is to be open to unintended success. Some companies just can't take yes for an answer.

The lean startup method is not about cost, it is about speed.

My thing from the beginning is to have it be useful, and be able to help others. It's about being efficient and getting there as fast as you can. If people want to do it more artistically or in a freestyle way, I have absolutely no problem with it — that's the way it's going to evolve. It's not my style, but if it's other people's [style], that's perfect.