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1. “No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.”

J.P. Morgan

Problem-solving, Clarity, Thinking, Strategy, Simplicity

2. “I don’t know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.”

J.P. Morgan

Law, Strategy, Rights, Knowledge, Execution

3. “I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.”

John D. Rockefeller

Wealth, Business, Strategy, Success, Finance

4. “It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.”

John D. Rockefeller

Business, Efficiency, Productivity, Strategy, Success

5. “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”

John D. Rockefeller

Opportunity, Success, Resilience, Strategy, Growth

6. “Own nothing, control everything.”

John D. Rockefeller

Power, Control, Strategy, Influence, Wealth

7. “The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”

John D. Rockefeller

Money, Investment, Strategy, Risk, Wealth

8. “Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.”

Andrew Carnegie

Focus, Business, Investment, Success, Strategy

9. “The secret of success is not doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.”

Andrew Carnegie

Leadership, Success, Delegation, Management, Strategy

10. “The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”

Andrew Carnegie

Opportunity, Success, Strategy, Competition, Business

11. “The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.”

Andrew Carnegie

Business, Success, Hard Work, Strategy, Determination

12. “Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.”

Andrew Carnegie

Business, Finance, Success, Strategy, Management

13. “Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.”

Andrew Carnegie

Leadership, Strategy, Success, Wisdom, Humility

14. “The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.”

Andrew Carnegie

Success, Leadership, Delegation, Strategy, Business

15. “Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.”

Andrew Carnegie

Decision-Making, Leadership, Purpose, Success, Strategy

16. “Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.”

Andrew Carnegie

Business, Leadership, Strategy, Growth, Independence

17. “There are two types of people on social media: people who want more followers, and liars.”

Guy Kawasaki

Social Media, Influence, Followers, Reality, Strategy

18. “What’s more important than making a startup attractive to investors in a beauty-contest format is to make them viable in real life.”

Guy Kawasaki

Startup, Investment, Business, Strategy, Execution

19. “If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing. If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing.”

Guy Kawasaki

Marketing, Strategy, Intelligence, Business, Investment

20. “You say: “I’m a blue sky thinker.” Investor thinks: “You have no business model, and you don’t know how to ship.””

Guy Kawasaki

Business, Investment, Strategy, Execution, Perception

21. “If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.”

Guy Kawasaki

Social Media, Engagement, Communication, Networking, Strategy

22. “There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an offer' or trying not to be eliminated. I recommend the second approach.”

Guy Kawasaki

Career, Jobs, Success, Strategy, Applications

23. “The right algorithm is to put off seeking funds for as long as physically possible. And in an ideal world, a startup would never have to seek funds at all.”

Guy Kawasaki

Startups, Funding, Business, Strategy, Independence

24. “A company should search for every instance of the use of its name and zoom in when there are issues - both good and bad.”

Guy Kawasaki

Brand, Reputation, Business, Management, Strategy

25. “Customers can tell you how to evolve a product, but they can’t show you how to make a leap.”

Guy Kawasaki

Customers, Innovation, Business, Feedback, Strategy

26. “The purpose of a pitch is to stimulate interest, not to close a deal.”

Guy Kawasaki

Pitch, Business, Interest, Communication, Strategy

27. “Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea.”

Guy Kawasaki

Business, Globalization, Innovation, Strategy, Culture

28. “Steve Jobs has a saying that A players hire A players; B players hire C players; and C players hire D players. It doesn’t take long to get to Z players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.”

Guy Kawasaki

Hiring, Leadership, Talent, Strategy, Business

29. “Mission statements are long, dull, and forgettable.”

Guy Kawasaki

Business, Strategy, Communication, Clarity, Purpose

30. “The secret of evangelism is Guy’s golden touch – whatever is gold, Guy touches. That’s very different than saying whatever Guy touches turns gold.”

Guy Kawasaki

Evangelism, Influence, Success, Strategy, Perception

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