#customer

Speculation is an effort, probably unsuccessful, to turn a little money into a lot. Investment is an effort, which should be successful, to prevent a lot of money from becoming a little. ↗

— Fred Schwed Jr.

#investing #investment #speculation #stocks #where-are-the-customer-s-yachts

I've been a customer of the top venture capital firms, so I know exactly what they do and don't do. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#capital #customer #exactly #firms #i

We also provide a lot of services with our consulting group that allow people to take maximum advantage of the Net economy. Those all seem to resonate with customers and are providing a good strong base going forward. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#allow #also #base #consulting #customers

The gun dealer is not only paying these two police officers, but more importantly, the gun dealer has said he will never again sell more than one gun to a customer. This is exactly what we're trying to get the gun industry across the country to do. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#again #country #customer #dealer #exactly

There's a battle between what the cook thinks is high art and what the customer just wants to eat. ↗

— Mario Batali

#battle #between #cook #customer #eat

We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect looking. Frankly, the stuff left to rot in the storeroom is more beautiful to me than the perfect carrot. I'm a gnarly carrot kind of guy. ↗

— Mario Batali

#because #buy #carrot #collect #customers

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#build #customers #each #experience #great

We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#better #bit #customer #customers #day

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#customer #fits #him #itself #know

To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites. ↗

— James Buchan

#away #commodity #customer #deny #give