Eighty to 90 percent of success in a company has nothing to do with business at all - it's all personal.
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I used to think business was 50 percent having the right people. Now I think it's 80 percent.
Eighty percent of the cases used in the typical MBA program are about successful companies. Students graduate with this notion that 'If I do everything that the people in those cases did, then my organization will grow and be successful, too.'
A lot of people who own a business aren't entrepreneurial at all.
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.
Succeeding in business is not just about making money.
There's no formula for success in this business. You just do the best you can.
This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.