I enjoy doing motivational talks with businesses and other organizations. I really enjoy being with people and encouraging them in the work they do.
Set politics and party aside: If it's not right for Michigan's small businesses and middle class, it's never been right with me.
But, at the same time, I think that there is room for economic stimulus in terms of accelerated depreciation to encourage businesses to invest and to grow and ultimately to hire more people again.
I think it's scary for consumer confidence and for confidence in U.S. businesses and potential credit ratings if we don't make sure that we raise that debt ceiling.
We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines ... Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
The fact of the matter is that instead of going around the world and haranguing countries for engaging with China, the West should be encouraging its own businesses to trade and invest in these regions.
The way we'll get more jobs is by creating new industries, new companies, businesses that are higher tech and therefore can compete.
To foster entrepreneurship, expansion and job creation, more leaders at all levels of government have to demonstrate some understanding of what it takes to build and grow businesses in the private sector.
Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.
Only a few businesses will succeed by having the lowest price, so most will need a strategy that includes customer services.
We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain's continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.
When you look at sports leagues today, they manage a lot of intellectual property, which means it takes you into a lot of different kinds of businesses.
University is sheltered from the business world and they think they should not have any connection with the businesses because maybe the business is dirty or not very good.
Forward-thinking energy policies protect our environment and drive our economy, strengthening businesses both small and large.
A lot of U.S. businesses are really going into the agenda of sustainability, and some are making their own commitments in emissions reductions in their own operations.
As an investor, what we're not looking for is 'oh this is a cool app,' it's 'is this something that can become a big business?' You need to find those that can become real businesses.
With Facebook's IPO, the world learned a new way of organizing businesses around one overriding imperative: to ship new products quickly.
Experiences are everything. And businesses must create experiences that mean something. If necessity is the mother of invention, then vision is the father of innovation.
The TPP will directly impact Louisiana businesses and open the pathway for improved commerce and trade between the United States and our Pacific Rim partners.
Small businesses are the heart and soul of South Carolina's economy - from our bait stores to our restaurants and barber shops.
I think when you have big-time businesses around that want to be part of the sports community and the athletic community it's a huge advantage in the bigger markets.
We are excited to see how PayPal's global payment platform can help small businesses in Cuba thrive and grow by making it easier to connect to international markets.
My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low tax rate when they decide where to locate.
I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs.
If you exclude your talent base from the benefits of hiring and deploying and making women successful, you're going to do less well than businesses that do a better job on that front.
As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.
I still enjoy what I'm doing, which is building businesses. I don't play golf. I don't have any particular passion apart from my business and my family, and that gives me all the pleasure that I want.
The Export-Import Bank's long legacy of crony capitalism has hurt the livelihoods and businesses of many Americans who don't get special treatment from this misguided government program.
What is a Muslim neighborhood? How many Muslims have to be in a neighborhood before it becomes worthy of checking papers and kicking in the doors of homes and businesses?
There are clearly skills shortages in some areas, and businesses can make sure they get the skills they need by training people on the job.
Ain't no off days. I don't take off on no businesses I do. So I'm in the studio all the time, with so many records, and I guess it's a good problem when it come down to it.
Most of the services staff is for the larger corporations, not so much for small and medium businesses because they cannot afford an extensive services army.
Unless we take care of the society we live in, there won't be any society left to support our businesses. We have to give as much as we extract.
I feel that business leaders with their ability to create businesses, with their ability to scale, need to play an important role in social service.
More entrepreneurs are looking to come back to start businesses, and that is where SBA is perfectly positioned to be helping more people to realize their dreams.
Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.
I used to have an obsession with building businesses and forgot about building health. I was focused on the destination instead of the journey. I caution you to not do the same.
The better side of Wall Street is when it is acting as an efficient mechanism of capital formation and capital flow, which helps businesses invest.
If we truly want to achieve lasting economic growth, we need our businesses to do more business - and we need them to do it in America.
Consumers and businesses alike value their ability to keep a phone number when changing providers or relocating. This concept is called 'number portability.'
In the fourth quadrant (lower right), working-class people are motivated to take on green-collar jobs and start green businesses.
We're conditioned to let businesses fail, regardless of how much we like them. We believe that if the market doesn't want that bookstore to exist, then it shouldn't exist.
The majority of companies using BitPay to accept bitcoin are small businesses that are benefitting from lower transaction fees, faster service, and increased security for fraudulent transactions.
A lot of companies really will only pursue businesses that are adjacent or look like an extension of their current business - which by the way is a completely rational strategy.
In March 2013, FinCEN issued guidance for virtual currency businesses - giving the industry some degree of clarity about how to be compliant on the federal level.
The (stock) market is there only as a reference point to see if anybody is offering to do anything foolish. When we invest in stocks, we invest in businesses.
It's really hard to argue that bitcoin doesn't have many legitimate benefits to companies that are legal businesses when you have Dell and Expedia and all these companies now accepting it.
While a fundamental responsibility of business leaders is to create value for shareholders, I think businesses also exist to deliver value to society.
I think Obamacare has now taken over almost from regulation, which is ridiculous what's happening with overregulation, as the biggest single problem for opening and keeping businesses going.
Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and consumers.
Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.
By starting to pay attention to our natural soundscapes, businesses can reduce staff turnover, increase productivity, and increase profits.
President Trump cut regulations, allowing businesses large and small to expand and hire. The Democrats created those regulations.
I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start.
The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area.
Trade agreements are important because they open up new marketplaces to small businesses, which ultimately translates into more jobs and greater economic growth.
It's good to have experience in other ventures and have other goals. Like acting, having businesses, starting from zero and making something grow.
We're not going to attract new businesses if we don't have safe subway systems where everyday employees are able to get to their work in a safe manner.
Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent.
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