I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% – still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
BARBARA CORCORANEvery single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!
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Empathy for the people you’re working with and being aware of their needs…that’s the “big kahuna” in managing people.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.
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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.
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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.
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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.
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Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.
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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.
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If you’ve got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who’s got the money and make money. There’s two pieces to it: talent and money.
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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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My mother’s genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
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