A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is read more

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make
heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry read more

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make
heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.

There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

There's no business like show business.

There's no business like show business.

There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.

There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.).