I've talked to several CEOs - from a recycling company in Indiana, a furniture company in Kentucky, a brewing company in Colorado, and more - who believe paying higher wages is both the right thing to do and part of a successful business model.
I truly believe that Yahoo! is one of the most compelling and dominant companies in the world.
Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.
To run a successful business, you have to be tough.
Thank God, I have the opportunity to do what I love, which is my family and work on a business and try and make it the best that it can be.
I routinely make trips to China and India where we have offices to continue to maintain the linkages that are necessary to run a successful business.
Embrace what you don't know
I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the country, you don't even have to please 1% to be phenomenally successful.
If your business is the right business, then money will never be an issue.
Sellout... I'm not crazy about the word. We're all entrepreneurs. To me, I don't care if you own a furniture store or whatever - the best sign you can put up is SOLD OUT.
If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works.
I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well.
Good design is good business.
I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more successful.
You can't do a good business with a bad person. Find the right people to work with and you can't go wrong.
Before there is a business, a successful entrepreneur is designing this type of business in his or her mind's eye. According to my rich dad, this is the job of a true entrepreneur.
A successful business is created before there is a business.
I made so many mistakes in my first successful business I'm almost embarrassed to recount them.
There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance and start your business.
There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.
I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young writers with fresh voices an opportunity to put their work out there.
A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
Before you start a business, careful planning is in order to obtain to where you ought to be. The biggest part is to ensure that, once you might have created your own plan, that you simply take motion. Without motion, you are unable to succeed.
I'm very cheerful about coming back to the U.K. We increasingly found ourselves gravitating towards London. There was so much going on for our business, and we had grown substantially here.
And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect; nothing is, and no one is - and that's OK.
