Best Business Quotes of all Time

Richard Branson – Virgin Records “Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.”

Sergey Brin (Google) “We are currently not planning on conquering the world.”

Walt Disney “A man should never neglect his family for business.”

Donald Trump “I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.”

Coco Chanel “Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.”

Henry Ford “The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.”

Oprah Winfrey “I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.”

Ingvar Kamprad (Ikea) “If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example.”

Steve Jobs - Apple “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.”

Jeff Bezos – www.amazon.com “Our vision is to be the world’s most consumer-centric company, where customers can come to find anything they want to buy online.”

Russell Simmons- Rush Communications, Def Jam Records “My goal has been to present urban culture in its most true form to the people who love it and the people who live it. Hip-hop is no longer an urban culture–it’s American culture.”

Ray Kroc - McDonalds “The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way.”

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation "We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm."

Mark Zuckerberg The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently. http://video.forbes.com/fvn/philanthropy/zuckerberg-and-buffett-on-giving?partner=playlist

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Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank – The Home Depot “We believed from the start that if we brought the customer quality merchandise at the right price and offered excellent service, we could change retailing in the United States. Today, we are the model of what retailing should be.”

What is an Entrepreneur? An entrepreneur is a person who takes on a new enterprise, venture or idea and is responsible for the risks and the outcome. A serial entrepreneur is one who continuously comes up with new ideas and starts new businesses An innovator who raises the necessary money, to make the idea happen Entrepreneurial - willing to take risks in order to make a profit Entrepreneurship – a new business started

INTRINSIC QUALITIES OF ALL ENTREPRENEURS 7. HARD-WORKING 8. DECISIVE 9. PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR WORK 10. GOOD COMMUNICATOR 11. SAVVY 12. SMART RISK -TAKER INDEPENDENT SELF-CONFIDENT DETERMINED PERSISTENT GOAL-ORIENTED HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS

Assignment: Select a famous entrepreneur to profile: Businessperson, Celebrity, Athlete, Musician Who is your entrepreneur and what is their background? Include any personal, business, and academic highlights What they are famous for creating? Find a meaningful quote from the Entrepreneur and then interpret it so it gives you meaning and inspiration. Describe how their business grew into a BRAND and what challenges they encountered. Why do you think their product or service became so successful? What are 5 intrinsic characteristics they possess that helped them succeed? Why do YOU admire them? Where are they Now? Why are they going to be a success in the future? Formatting – One full page, single-spaced, check your Writing grade-level, 3 paragraphs

Re-write each question and Answer each question on notebook paper List your sources – at least 2 different websites