Jim Lampley Quotes

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.

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.

People follow proven formulas in any business.

I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Microsoft, is going to continue to succeed. But I think the business model of Microsoft is going to have to change.

We have never seen a sport as a business, and we have this great passion for football. QPR are not a trophy asset. If we had wanted a trophy asset, there were more glamorous clubs we could have bought.

Not long ago, the term 'business model' was not exactly on the tip of everyone's tongue. Then, in the early to mid-1990s, 'business model' became a catchphrase that described how a company makes money or saves money.

You don't hear a film director saying 'Money mustn't go out of the industry' to actors. You don't hear a concert promoter saying 'We must make sure that money doesn't go out of our industry' to Elton John. Some people in football seem to think, 'Never mind the players, let's get on with the game.'

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

There's one thing I've learned about entrepreneurs' business plans. Every one is wrong.

Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.

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

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

The successful entrepreneurs on the free market will be the ones most adept at anticipating future business conditions. Yet, the forecasting can never be perfect, and entrepreneurs will continue to differ in the success of their judgments. If this were not so, no profits or losses would ever be made in business.

You have to have a business model you believe in and like.

To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection.

If you have a business that isn't growing the top line, it's very hard to deliver attractive returns to shareholders.

Diversifying the business is definitely a good thing.

I don't know how this industry works. There is no formula.

I propose that matchmaking should be approached like a corporate business venture. It can be risky, but I have discovered that the potential profits from acquisitions and mergers cannot be underestimated.

The business part of the game is ugly.

If you're making all your money simply betting on interest rates, that's not a business. Flow is a business. On the outside, they look the same for a while. But when you dig into them, no, they weren't exactly the same.

All of the business of selling apps and selling subscriptions is extremely cruelly misunderstood, including by me.

I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.

The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.

Unfortunately, the business side of the game shows its head every once in a while. But I still think there's opportunity and chances that we can have good conversations as far as an extension's concerned.