Alexander Osterwalder Quotes

Once you understand business models you can then start prototyping business models just like you prototype products.

People follow proven formulas in any business.

People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards.

The digital business is a fantastic business to be in. The only thing you have to do is build a cost structure for a declining business, which is different from the structure for a growing business.

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

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.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business.

You cannot get into business for the fashion of it.

Read over your existing business plan like you read the menu at your favorite restaurant.

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.

We are going to continue to run a business, and we are going to continue to meet the supply and demand that's out there.

Your first job, as an owner and an entrepreneur, has to be to understand how the business is going to actually work.

Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct.

The needs of the business sector must be understood.

The business model is both the starting point and the scorecard for Customer Development progress.

We now understand the distinction between startups - who search for a business model - versus existing companies - that execute a business plan.

If you want to build a startup that has a good chance of succeeding, don't listen to me. Listen to Paul Graham and others who are applying tons of data to the idea of startup success. That will maximize your chance of being successful.

I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.

I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side.

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

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

The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.

To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditch or a 3,000-person, vertically integrated brand, you need to have the wherewithal to run your business through investment, considering everything from start-up funds to your exit plan or what it takes to go public.