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—Owen Felltham, English writer (from his book Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political, of Owen
Felltham, 1620)

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.

—Benjamin Franklin, US founding father and inventor

In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements
that count like customer satisfaction and performance … you thrive on that.

—Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft and philanthropist (from Politico.com, March 13, 2013)

Every business has competition. Even the American Football League has to
compete with basketball, hockey and other forms of entertainment. Every
business also wants to beat the competition, steal its market share or perhaps
even drive it into bankruptcy. But when starting out, realize that competition
isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It shows there’s already some demand for the goods
or services you intend to offer. In fact, no competition is usually something that
should be treated with caution not jubilation.

—Peter J. Patsula, founder of Patsula Media and author (from his online publication The
Entrepreneur’s Guidebook Series, 2001–2007, Guidebook #47, “Spying on the Competition”)
There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to
rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment—and you start to decline.

—Andy Grove, chairman and CEO of Intel (from Fortune magazine, February 22, 1993)

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

—Thomas Jefferson, founding father and president