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" The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor. "
Elon Musk
Me
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Not Knowing
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" My sports were team sports: ice hockey and baseball. The whole team dynamic is similar in business. Leadership is earned - the captain earns that role; it's not because he's the coach's son. These are all things we know, but in today's world, it's not a bad idea to remind ourselves. "
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" I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. "
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" Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a service that must not simply be about making bigger and bigger deals that reap rewards for only a small group of executives. "
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" Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. "
Mark Twain
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" In my business, you should be very strong in mind. You have to be sure about yourself and about your work and your career, and you have to be strong inside because so many people come around and try to say bad things about you. "
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" Successful business leaders who have helped build institutions of lasting value - all are committed to talent and a culture of excellence. This is usually accomplished by the identification, retention, and development of great people. "
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" My early business ventures included growing Christmas trees and breeding birds. "
Richard Branson
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" I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you. "
Jeff Bezos
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" There is good business doing good. "
David Droga
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" Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. "
Tom Robbins
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" If Planned Parenthood wants to be involved in providing counseling services and HIV testing, they ought not be in the business of providing abortions. "
Mike Pence
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" No partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of a solely owned company. "
Edward Whitacre, Jr.
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" I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google. "
Elon Musk
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" One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it's making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it's the people who already have strong trust relationships with you, who know you're dedicated, smart, a team player, who can help you. "
Reid Hoffman
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" My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. "
Anthony Hopkins
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" Customer discovery is the process of translating a founder's vision for the company into hypotheses about each component of the business model and creating a set of experiments to test each hypothesis. "
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" You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business, it's our job, but I don't think you can do well unless you're having fun. "
Derek Jeter
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Having Fun
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" If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way. And it could be that there are a whole lot of dead, one-planet civilisations. "
Elon Musk
Strange
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" I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email. "
Elon Musk
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" I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I wanted something different, and I wanted to become the best businessman in the game. I wanted to learn how to master the business like I mastered the rap. "
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" I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems. "
Elon Musk
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" Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line. "
Luke Bryan
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" We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. "
Alexis de Tocqueville
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" A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. "
John D. Rockefeller
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" When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself. "
Jerry Seinfeld
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" Giving education away for free is a really good idea, but it can't be the future of education. There has to be a business model around it that actually works. "
Sebastian Thrun
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Future
Free
" Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates. "
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" I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both. "
Delphine Arnault
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" As a business owner who is looking to market his or her company, you should be on the lookout for opportunities to get face time with movers and shakers in your network. "
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" I have entered the sports equipment business with 'Bhajji Sports.' I am applying for ICC clearance so that cricket bats with 'Bhajji Sports' logos could be used for international matches. In domestic circuit, the Punjab team is already wearing Bhajji Sports dresses for the Ranji Trophy matches. "
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