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I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

— Carlos Slim

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

— Bill Gates

By making a company successful, you can provide more employment, and, if you treat your staff well, then your business itself becomes a charity.

— Guo Guangchang

Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Increasingly, I'm inspired by entrepreneurs who run nonprofit organizations that fund themselves, or for-profit organizations that achieve social missions while turning a profit.

— Ethan Zuckerman

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.

— Andrew Forrest

Most people yearn to contribute, make the world a better place and have success.... all at the same time... Make sure to give your business a background, a mission and a story. That might be the most important step part of any venture. And remember, giving may be the best investment you ever make.

— Blake Mycoskie

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.

— will.i.am

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

— David Rockefeller

You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.

— Azim Premji

✗Opposing Perspectives

I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching.

— Jack Ma