Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
— Andrew Carnegie
Almighty Building A Business quotations
No individual can win a game by himself.
To succeed in business, you must build a brand and never destroy it.
One competitive advantage I had when I ventured into manufacturing was my brand “Dangote,” which I diligently built in the course of my trading commodities.
To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big.
The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.
EVERY MOMENT IN business happens only once.
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them.
You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.
Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand.
If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair.
.. or go into business. You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.
If we want to make progress in key areas now, we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies. So not only the politicians but also business, the wider civil society, and the trade union movement all have a contribution to make, whether it is at national or at international level.
The tests of life are to make, not break us.
Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man.
If you've got a business - you didn't build that.
I hate it when people call themselves 'entrepreneurs' when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell of go public, so they can cash in and move on. They're unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work in business.
My parents were European immigrants. They came to the States with $1,500, two suitcases, and me, and they managed to build a business, a family, and a future for their family. They didn't have any of the resources of people who have lived here for two or three generations.
Location is the key to most businesses, and the entrepreneurs typically build their reputation at a particular spot.
Managers will work for a salary. Entrepreneurs create new businesses. Many people have capital, but instead of making money for business they build houses for rent. It's easy money to collect rental.
In setting up a business under the name and meaning of the Golden Rule, I was publicly binding myself, in my business relations, to a principle which had been a real and intimate part of my family upbringing. Our idea was to make money and build business through serving the community with fair dealing and honest value.
I really want people to know that I've worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn't just happen overnight. I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I've learned through every partnership and opportunity.
I think you have to be when you own your own business.
I'm looking at the new No Limit as being a legacy. It's incredible that we've been able to build this up and survive over ten years and we are doing the right thing by maintaining.
As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
If you aren't building a social enterprise, I don't know what your business model will be in 5 years
Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals - they are both essential ingredients for long-term success
For people choosing to use a network marketing system to build a business in the B quadrant, the price of entry is a lot lower, the risks are lower, and the education and support are there to guide you through this personal development process.
It's important to build a personal brand because it's the only thing you're going to have. Your reputation online, and in the new business world is pretty much the game, so you've got to be a good person. You can't hide anything, and more importantly, you've got to be out there at some level.
I've had a million setbacks along the way--from kiln fires burning down buildings to shipping disasters--that should have put me out of business, or at least left me lying in the fetal position on my bed for a few days. Luckily, though, I've never for one second thought that I had any other option than to just keep going.
Just build things and find out if they work.
Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute.
In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.
The thing I preach constantly is do your research;
build your knowledge base. Don't just go into business on a whim or a prayer - and don't think 'I'm an entrepreneur so I have to take risks'. Entrepreneurs don't take risks. They take calculated risks; only the good ones.
If you can raise a family, then you can build a business.
You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.