Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.
Technology is something we buy to sell to the customers. Ericsson, Nokia and IBM do technology for a living, so let's give it to them because they know best. It has made the business model of Bharti very, very sustainable.
I've always been pleased with the investments I've made with my friend Albert Frere and I regret not having followed him more, because I would have been a lot richer.
You can't run a company simply by the numbers. So if you're going to bet on someone, you bet on someone you want to be in business with for a long time.
It's good to team up with Spike and Viacom. I see a lot of potential.
Approach your business partners with concepts that they can get their heads around, and try to respond to their needs.
China and the Asian territory is an incredible opportunity. We spend a lot of time looking at it, looking for the right partners.
I was in business for 30 years, and my experience is that the best way to operate is to work fairly and closely with partners over a long period of time.
Leesa has been a partner of mine since I left the NFL and started doing this Internet business. They've been a company that has supported everything that I have going on.
I've never been in the enterprise where your customers are your partners. It was always, you had customers, and you had partners.
If you've got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who's got the money and make money. There's two pieces to it: talent and money.
I picked up the phone and called Herbert Hainer, the CEO of Adidas, and said, 'Well, it's Peace Day coming up. I think it's about time after 60 years to end this feud. How about doing something together?'
I look to work with businesses that know what they are doing but need larger distribution or exposure.
Whenever I talk to people who founded a company, I often like to ask the prehistory questions 'When did you meet? How long have you been working before you started the company?' A bad answer is, 'We met at a networking event a week ago, and we started a company because we both want to be entrepreneurs.'
The story of the merchant is told by the marketer. They need each other, and if they get along, it's peanut butter and jelly. If they don't, it's oil and water.
Since I first signed with AMI's Weider Publications in 2005, everything has turned to gold.
I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.
I always wanted to do a deal with Russell Simmons, and now I've got my signature on a piece of paper with his.
As long as somebody 'CTC,' at the end of the day I'm with them. For all you that don't know what CTC means, that's 'Cut The Check.'
Wanda and Reliance are two of the largest private conglomerates in their respective countries. By joining our strengths together, we hope our cooperation will bring mutual benefits and great results.
I was lucky to have been able to work so closely with Vince McMahon as he was able to see up-close what I could contribute to WWE, which lead to some amazing years not only at ringside, but also in the boardroom.
I am still taking care of the creation of the collection alongside my staff, and my daughter Nathalie Rykiel, is the artistic director of Sonia Rykiel, who takes care of a lot of things. We are very alike and also very close.
It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder.
We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
Bedroom Kandi is all about being your own boss, because it's a real partnership. Consultants start off making 40 percent of everything that they sell.
