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Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount
of scratching for what it gets.
—Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Co.
Whenever you’re sitting across from some important person, always picture him
sitting there in a suit of long red underwear. That’s the way I always operated in
business.
—Joseph P. Kennedy, businessman, diplomat, and patriarch of the Kennedy political clan Your first
20 hires will make or break your company. Look for top-notch intrinsic qualities, and refuse to
compromise.
—Vinod Khosla, cofounder of Sun Microsystems (from LinkedIn advice column, February 25,
2014)
Three rules of good negotiation: 1. Know what the other party wants. 2. Listen
carefully. 3. Don’t let your emotions get in the way of a good deal.
—Betty Liu, Bloomberg TV anchor (from her book Work Smarts, 2014)
You must not offend a man, and then send him to fill an important office or
command.
—Machiavelli, Italian Renaissance political philosopher
Life is too short to be a boring company.
—Andrew Mason, founder and CEO of Groupon Inc. (from Groupon’s initial public offering
document, June 2, 2011)
