NEW START // ISSUE 6 // 47

‘I AM BRAVE, BUT I TAKE A VIEW. IT IS AN

EDUCATED VIEW. I AM CAREFUL. I AM NOT RECKLESS.’ - SIR PHILIP GREEN

‘The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.’ - Andrew Carnegie

‘Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.’ - Steve Jobs Co- founder of Apple and Pixar.

‘All the things I love is what my business is all about.’ - Martha Stewart

‘I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven’t had any moral compass, who’ve just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they’re losers’. - Michael Bloomberg

‘A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.’- Jeff Bezos founder of Amazon.

‘There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don’t like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don’t spend a lot of time doing my favourite activities.’ - Michael Dell founder of Dell computers.

‘There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.’ - Philip Knight, founder of Nike

‘In business, I’ve discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That’s my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards’ - Donald Trump

‘Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else’. - Sir Alan Sugar

‘Everyone should pull their finger out and start a business and believe in themselves. There is nothing else to it. Anyone can make a £100m. But most people don’t go out and try. They just stand in the pub and complain.’ - Duncan Bannatyne

‘One of the things about starting businesses is that mistakes are the things you never forget.’ - Doug Richard

‘It’s my own belief is that with great wealth comes great responsibility’ - Sir Tom Hunter

‘Discipline yourself, become hard on yourself. I’ve never had dinner in my own restaurant. I’ve never sat and had a glass of champagne with customers. Don’t indulge yourself in your business - treat it as a business.’ - Gordon Ramsay