Matthew Stewart Quotes

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.

Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.

I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.

The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.

Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our names in the press.

I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?

A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.

If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can't get on your own.

You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company that is performing better or worse.

One thing I've learned about his business is this whole 'plan thing' - it doesn't work.

If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.

Most regular, two-year MBA programs provide both experience and the capacity to link together the essential elements of management such as finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and operations.

I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side. While I was in school, I began working in the New Business department of an advertising firm, and very quickly I was responsible for roughly 70% of their business, so you could say I had a natural knack for the advertising world.

My business is the analytical framework.

I didn't go to a business school. I didn't really study it.

The core of the consulting business is going in and essentially making yourself indispensible by eating the brain of the organization, meaning that the consultants go in and assume key functions in the organization.

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.

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I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.

I don't keep up on a lot of the business trends.

I like knowing about everything, and I think that really helps me in my business.

I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.