If you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.
BARBARA CORCORANDon’t teach talent that isn’t there.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.
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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
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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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I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you’re quoted in the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ the ‘New York Times,’ constantly as the expert in the business people assume you’re a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don’t build ‘wiggle room’ into the asking price. There’s a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don’t jump on something right away, it’s like a bird flying by-it flies off.
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Every 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.
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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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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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Everybody thinks that they’re going to time the market, they’re going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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