Ludwig von Mises Quotes

The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.

When companies try to guess what consumers want, they essentially make the choice for consumers.

The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social function of adjusting production to the most urgent demand. Because of these merits the consumers chose them for business leadership.

What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.

I'm shocked to find out we still sell something people want.

If people have the ability to see it, and you spend the money to put the wow factor into it, they will reward that entity or that team or that business, and they will then say they appreciate me, they appreciate what I'm about, and they will support it.

A successful business must have a sound knowledge of its market and work on how its product or service will be different, stand out and improve people's lives. If you can ensure it responds to a real need in the market place, your business can punch well above its weight.

The most important role of managers is to create environment in which people are passionately dedicated to winning in marketplace.

Once you’re in sales, you will also learn what sells and what not. Use the sensitivity of detecting market sentiments as a platform for running your business and in the identification of product winners in the future.

Building a business and becoming a billionaire is it's not championship. It's the competence; the competence in your sector with other companies not looking to have some kind of records in this issue.

All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.

The industry cannot long offer unneeded or overpriced insurance if people will not buy it.

Mankind does not drink alcohol because there are breweries, distilleries, and vineyards; men brew beer, distill spirits, and grow grapes because of the demand for alcoholic drinks.

You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business? This new consolidated agency [National Empowerment Fund] focuses on that matter of preparing people so that they can run business successfully.

As more consumers demand less sugar, the food and beverage manufacturers will eventually come into line with what the consumers want.

While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family life and the most basic demands of Christian morality.

I'm gonna go down in history as being one of the best music men and businessmen in entertainment ... The people that I'm going to be greater than are Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Clive Davis.

Donald Trump has built a business through hard times and through good times. He's brought an extraordinary business acumen, he's employed tens of thousands of people in America.

Few people do business well, who do nothing else.

If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there'd be millions of no-brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.

These are stupid people that say, ‘Oh didn’t Trump declare bankruptcy? Didn’t he go bankrupt?’ I didn’t go bankrupt.

Having the best product means nothing if the people won't buy it.

You have to have a business model you believe in and like.

It had always made sense to me to build a business based on what people really wanted, rather than guess what we thought they might want.

If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.