Bruce Pittman Quotes

Drew and I have always been very analytical at looking at the business opportunities. We're entrepreneurs through and through.

Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.

We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!

Arm yourself with as many options as possible before making your next move.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

Begin with the end in mind.

I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.

I think three-to-five years ahead minimum. I have a short-term plan, a five-year plan and a decade plan.

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

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

We're all about trying to create ideas to help get businesses to grow and listening to businesses to help them out.

I think you have to see two steps ahead of things. That's just the way I roll.

Summer is conference season - a critical time for building brands, making connections, and shaping industries.

As I spent tons of time with customers, not just in the United States, but in emerging markets, in Europe, in Latin America, top of mind for everybody is how do they drive growth for their business going forward.

Your success starts with how you are able to get clients in the door, get their business, and leave them satisfied. If you, personally, have to spend too much time doing that, you have simply bought yourself a job, not an enterprise. Take hints from success stories all around you!

Before I left for American University, my mother told me to sign up for everything I could: to take advantage of everything from on-campus lectures to sports and social events to the amazing D.C. culture.

The best decisions are taken quickly and well. You can prepare yourself, have all aspects of the game thought through, but the one who shines on the pitch is the one with intuition.

Meeting the challenges of the future requires a state that can think and act strategically.

I don't think we're out there aggressively looking for deals. Our strategy is that business follows the creative. We're not out there scouring the marketplace for opportunities.

I've always got a couple of tricks up my sleeve.

He who fails to plan is planning to fail.

It is better to anticipate than to react.