Walker Stapleton Quotes

During my time growing a company in the private sector, one of my guiding principles was to meet and hear feedback from as many customers as possible.

Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.

I do a lot of schmoozing.

There is no better way to manage than by walking around. Autocracy doesn't work. Talk to people in their offices, find out what's on their minds.

Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories.

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either.

It's so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions.

As we've grown 'The Daily Muse' and met contacts who want to collaborate with us, knowing who does what has helped us be clear on who we want our partners to connect with - and makes us look buttoned up, too. SEO firm? Talk to our COO. An editor from the 'Huffington Post?' Meet our Editor-in-Chief.

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

I keep in touch with a lot of people I work with.

I just like to talk to people. I don't know how to bridge the gap between getting to know someone and then schmoozing and sort of working contacts and business connections.

If you are approachable, if you keep your line of communication open, then very often, you get to hear what you need to hear.

The secret of my success is that I deeply respect and learn from my peers and customers.

I like working with people. I like talking to people.

People are doing too much e-mail. The basic thing is eyeball-to-eyeball. Business relationships are made to be personal. The more people get away from it, the more they are going to lose that personal relationship. That's what I learned - to develop personal relationships with people.

Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.

Some of the best leaders in the world find they learn something every day to be a better leader. Whether it's developing a relationship, learning what someone likes or doesn't like, putting forth the extra effort so guys understand you do what you preach.

As our company has grown, how we configure and design our offices has been a crucial part of how we foster connection and collaboration throughout our teams.

I'd like to think my strengths are in connecting with people and the relationship aspect of this business.

You have to connect with your market and your employees. First, understand that what your market says is fact and what you say is opinion. Then, take the time to create a good connection with your employees. Without those two key connections, your business will be stuck in mediocrity forever.

I very purposely have an open communication culture, where I encourage employees to approach me with their ideas without dominating them.

Distributed workforces are most likely to succeed if their culture is one that values and prioritizes face-to-face communications.

Face-to-face customer feedback refines or validates every component of the startup's business model, not just the product itself.

When you spend time with potential customers, you get to hear about their struggles firsthand. You see their eyes light up with excitement or darken with confusion. You learn things you would never find in a survey, database, or questionnaire. You learn why people buy.

If you listen, people will tell you exactly what they want - whether it's a business relationship or a consumer relationship.