- Nov 07, 2020
Business Quotes
On risk, reinvention and the realities of business.
These quotes cover business from a few honest angles: the risk small operations take on hiring, breaking into an industry you weren't trained for, and how far an entire business can shift over the years. For more, see our Businessman quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Marketing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In school I studied international business and marketing, so I've always been attracted to business.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and have my business life and have my entertainment - TV - Hollywood - whatever have you - always compartmentalizing every aspect of my life.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people - including business leaders - want a healthy future for their children.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, what is often missing between intent and action is the knowledge and the means to actually change the way we do business or make consumer decisions.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Around the world, it is much more difficult for women than for men to run a successful business. Even when laws are not explicitly biased against them, companies owned and operated by women often face discrimination every step of the way, from obtaining finance to finding customers.
- Equip
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- Nov 07, 2020
Policy and business elites did not speak frankly about the unequal distribution of benefits from trade and failed to adequately accompany market-opening with good domestic policies to equip displaced workers to upskill, adjust, and share in the new opportunities being created.
- Optimism
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that during the post-1989 heyday of globalization optimism, political and business elites did not think enough about the prospect - plainly predicted in economic theory - that trade would harm some people even while leaving society as a whole better off. The result was overpromised benefits and inadequate adjustment plans.
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
Responsive governments committed to improving the broader trade facilitation and business environment can help companies of all sizes by improving infrastructure: roads, transportation, ports, information and communication technology, and electricity.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are bridges that we have built not only between individual companies but also between associations. This will keep business and investments flowing.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our main aim globally is to connect more women to the economy because we know there is a specific market failure there: women are having more difficulty in business than men.
- Economically
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology is making it easier for women to connect to business opportunities around the world. Legal obstacles must not be allowed to stand in their way. That's not just because it's economically smart. It's because discrimination shouldn't be the law.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
People should mind their own business. This particularly applies to those who are inquisitive, and those who jump to conclusions.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father had a garments business in Delhi which shut down.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not come to Mumbai to act. I came here to look for a job as our business had shut down, and it was a difficult time for us.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.
- Business Opportunities
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- Nov 07, 2020