Best 102 quotes in «small business quotes» category

My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building.

Small businesses no longer need to feel like a deer in the headlights when considering constructing or updating their Web sites. With ClickThings what you see is what you get, unlike some other competitive Web-based Website building tools.

Small businesses have told us that having cash in their pocket is one of the primary things that they need.

Obamacare won't just bankrupt the country. It may bankrupt small businesses. It may bankrupt individuals.

The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.

The main thing that 99designs is about is choice. Its a fantastic model that eliminates risk for small business owners and puts designers on equal footing.

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.

The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes.

When it comes to bullying small businesses, Donald Trump is the poster boy.

When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.

90% of new business fail in the first three months of launching, due to lack of proper planning, wrong selection of niche/products and marketing platform.

You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

Youve got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts.

10% of my Life is out of my control. I am responsible for 90% only.

As an entrepreneur, value creation will always be your first line of defense against business failure.

Always do what is right with the customer. What you sow now, you will harvest later.

A moral dilemma can be large or small, important or inconsequential, urgent or secondary. One thing is certain: moral dilemmas are ever present.

A networking event is a farmer event, not a hunter event. You’re there to plant seeds and cultivate your garden, not bag prey.

As a small business owner, you must sell or you will go out of business. Therefore, you must prospect (it's an integral part of the process). You have to bring people to your business, not just wait for them to show up.

A Provider is not a magician. He cannot wave a magic wand and produce a perfect product—solutions take time and effort to produce... However, he will have an expertise in his field and he will use this expertise in his work. If you have chosen your Provider wisely, begin by trusting his expertise. Allow your Provider the freedom to do his work.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

Don’t blindly trust Specialty Providers, because not all Providers in this category are equal—always consult your own circle of advisors when evaluating a Specialty Provider’s work. Just like a high-end Chinese-made car will never be equal to a high-end German-made car.

Consultants must find a niche and stick to it. If you can't find one, create one.

Decision making and problem solving are not the same. To solve a problem, one needs to find a solution. To make a decision, one needs to make a choice.

A small businesses ability to gain an edge for a profitable niche is not by just focusing on the dynamic market gap, but by identifying a market within the gap.

Captivate the attention of your customer by oozing credibility.

Choose and create a circle of proper advisors around you. Do not discuss your project with your relatives, neighbor, grandmother, friends’ friends, pastor, or babysitter! Thank God pets can’t talk or you’d probably ask their opinions too!

Commitment shows up before results do!

Convenience will put you out of business!

Don’t get me wrong. Government Contracting is difficult, but the help you give the government makes our country strong.

How long does it last?" Said the other customer, a man wearing a tan shirt with little straps that buttoned on top of the shoulders. He looked as if he were comparing all the pros and cons before shelling out $.99. You could see he thought he was pretty shrewd. "It lasts for as long as you live," the manager said slowly. There was a second of silence while we all thought about that. The man in the tan shirt drew his head back, tucking his chin into his neck. His mind was working like a house on fire "What about other people?" He asked. "The wife? The kids?" "They can use your membership as long as you're alive," the manager said, making the distinction clear. "Then what?" The man asked, louder. He was the type who said things like "you get what you pay for" and "there's one born every minute" and was considering every angle. He didn't want to get taken for a ride by his own death. "That's all," the manager said, waving his hands, palms down, like a football referee ruling an extra point no good. "Then they'd have to join for themselves or forfeit the privileges." "Well then, it makes sense," the man said, on top of the situation now, "for the youngest one to join. The one that's likely to live the longest." "I can't argue with that," said the manager. The man chewed his lip while he mentally reviewed his family. Who would go first. Who would survive the longest. He cast his eyes around to all the cassettes as if he'd see one that would answer his question. The woman had not gone away. She had brought along her signed agreement, the one that she paid $25 for. "What is this accident waiver clause?" She asked the manager. "Look," he said, now exhibiting his hands to show they were empty, nothing up his sleeve, "I live in the real world. I'm a small businessman, right? I have to protect my investment, don't I? What would happen if, and I'm not suggesting you'd do this, all right, but some people might, what would happen if you decided to watch one of my movies in the bathtub and a VCR you rented from me fell into the water?" The woman retreated a step. This thought had clearly not occurred to her before.

Every small business has to become a publisher—a publisher of marketing messages and customer resources, and a publisher of stories.

Everyone you come in contact with knows a person who runs or owns a business. Make sure they know what you do, so when the time comes, you get the call, not someone else.

Good decision making is the result of years of experience making and learning from one's choices - good and bad.

Hidden skills and knowledge are the essence of a successful small business or consulting firm. Unlease and leverage what is locked inside your head to help others while help yourself.

If you don’t laugh reading this book I’ll eat my pocket protector. Wait, did I just admit I had a pocket protector?

If leadership is the way forward, vision is its walking stick.

If you don’t have regular and accurate financial statements, you’re driving your business 100 miles an hour down a one-way street the wrong way, at night, in the fog, without lights.

I see dead Presidents. Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington.

Many small businesses are doomed from day one, not from competition or the economy, but from the ignorance of their owners . . . their destiny is already decided because they have no idea how a business should be operated.

I think the biggest mistake salespeople make is they pretend they’re not salespeople but a consultant. The word changes, but the people are the same.

Managing relationships (with start ups) is more like teaching.

Marketers are focused and sales people are scattered!

It's ironic, since they're supposed to be immortal, but vampires are kind of like small businesses: half of them go down within their first year

Many small businesses would rather face an angry barbarian horde than tackle their cash flow statement or price a new product.

Money without meaning is meaningless

Mom & pop stores are not about something small; they are about something big. Ninety percent of all U.S. businesses are family owned or controlled. They are important not only for the food, drink, clothing, and tools they sell us, but also for providing us with intellectual stimulation, social interaction, and connection to our communities. We must have mom & pop stores because we are social animals. We crave to be part of the marketplace.

RULE #1 Market your business to the customer YOU WANT. Most beauty businesses try to be everything to everyone. It's exhausting and expensive promoting yourself to everyone. Most people simply give up. Focus on the customers you really want. What is your passion, what do you excel in? Who is your ideal customer? What would you ideally like to do every day in your business? Focus on what you want to do and the clients you want, and market directly to them and only them.

No one can stop you growing in this digital world.

Not a single person has died of boredom reading this book.