"You read a book from
beginning to end. You run a business the opposite
way. You start with the end, and then you do
everything you must to reach it."
Harold
Geneen
"In absence of clearly defined roles, we become
strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia."
Unknown
"Don't spend time
beating on a wall hoping to transform it into a
door."
Dr. Laura Schlessinger
"Leave no stone
unturned."
Euripides
"Everything should be
made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Albert Einstein
Most owners see
their business as an income stream and
lifestyle but not as a value for future
investment. They invest all their
savings in order to make a present day
living.
There is a myth
about that "Great American Dream" of
entrepreneurship. Anyone in
America CAN start a business, but not
everyone will thrive in that business.
Most people aim
at nothing and they hit it with
tremendous accuracy.
You can build a
business with your skills but you can't
let it be run on your skills. To
be in business means it must run
itself.
If you value
something, then you're willing to pay
for it.
Most business
owners function first as a technical
worker instead of first as a business
manager.
The minute you
realize you have a one man business is
the minute you realize you have a job.
80% of
businesses starting out, won't be there
in 3-5 years? And of the 20% left,
80% of those will fail within the next 5
years.
