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June 30, 2008
I really believe that success is just getting up one more time than you fall.
Roxanne Quimby | Co-founder & Owner | Burt's Bees
How I Did It: Roxanne Quimby, January 2004
June 27, 2008
If you look at a competitive market, the successful company is always the one setting the agenda and forcing competitors to match it.
Joel Spolsky | Co-Founder & CEO | Fog Creek Software
How Hard Could It Be?: Fire and Motion, April 2008
June 26, 2008
There's virtually no business we consider buying where we can't call up two or three clients so they can offer insights about the opportunity.
Bill Landman | Investment Chief | CMS
The Ultimate Investment Club for Entrepreneurs, December 2003
June 25, 2008
Making customers feel like they have input and a stake in the game really makes them want you to succeed.
Robin Chase | Co-founder | Zipcar
How Fast Can This Thing Go, Anyway?, March 2008
June 24, 2008
Running a complex, fast-growing company is often compared to piloting an aircraft.
Kevin Ferguson | Contributing Writer | Inc.
Mission Control, November 2003
June 23, 2008
I don't have to be the smartest person in the world to succeed. I just need to be smart enough to hire the right people to help me do it.
Carrie Wong | Founder | Practical Gourmet
The First Employee, February 2004
June 20, 2008
Don't push yourself to do things you think you should do.
Selina Lo | CEO | Ruckless Wireless
I’ll Be Back, February 2008
June 19, 2008
Games now generate more revenue than movie ticket sales, and Forrester Research reports that North Americans play games on wireless devices almost as often as they send text messages.
Lora Kolodny | Reporter | Inc.
Small-Game Developers Poised to Score, March 2004
June 18, 2008
I strongly believe that when you launch a new business, it's important to track monthly sales and gross margins by hand for the first year or two.
Norm Brodsky | Senior Contributing Editor | Inc.
Street Smarts: Follow the Numbers, January 2008
June 17, 2008
If you give the franchisees some room, they bring a lot of entrepreneurial juice to the company.
Doug Ducey | former CEO | Cold Stone Creamery
To Franchise, or Not To Franchise, February 2004
June 16, 2008
When you're successful in business, you're in top business condition.
Dennis Pushkin | Co-Founder and CEO | MoreVisibility.com
I’ll Be Back, February 2008
June 13, 2008
The telecom industry was already in a tailspin, so no one wanted to take on the added risk of doing business in areas where they couldn't be sure they'd get paid.
Osvaldo Pi | former CFO | CellStar
Closing the Deal, March 2004
June 12, 2008
In the end, we want to make hundreds of millions of dollars, not millions of dollars. And I didn't think Facebook could do that for us.
Carnet Williams| Creator | ChipIn
Embrace Facebook? Or Flee?, January 2008
June 11, 2008
I was over 60, and it's hard to get a job when you're over 60. People don't want to give you insurance.
Ted Turner | Chairman | Montana Grills
The Mouth Will Rise Again, February 2004
June 10, 2008
Don't settle for a company blog that is a simple repository for press releases and other junk.
Leigh Buchanan, Max Chafkin, and Ryan McCarthy | Inc.]
Blogging: More than Idle Chatter, February 2008
June 9, 2008
The bigger your company gets, the less contact you have with some of the most important people who have helped get you there, namely, your customers.
Norm Brodsky | Senior Contributing Editor | Inc.
Street Smarts: Learning from JetBlue, March 2004
June 6, 2008
I'm a self-help junkie. I read self-help books, even as a kid. I just love them.
Bill Zanker | Founder | Learning Annex
Bill Zanker Never Wants to Come Down, January 2008
June 5, 2008
It's hard to have a child who is an entrepreneur. You want them to do well but it can be tough to watch.
Carol Klick | mother of serial entrepreneur Robert Klick
The Ride of His Life, February 2004
June 4, 2008
I'd look to invest in technology that deals with water purification, desalinization, reducing usage through smart faucets and so forth.
Ray Anderson | Chairman| Interface
Being Al Gore, February 2008
June 3, 2008
In 10 years the PR person will be an integral part of the decision-making process and on the executive committees of most major corporations.
Howard Rubenstein | President | Rubenstein Associates, Inc.
How I Did It: Howard Rubenstein, March 2004
June 2, 2008
Breakthrough leaders are less concerned with people's personal loyalty to them and more concerned about building a place where everybody is loyal to the company first.
Keith R. McFarland | Author | The Breakthrough Company
Breaking Through, January 2008
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