Skip to content

If you understand the technical work of a business, you understand a business that does that technical work.

— Michael E. Gerber Michael Gerber (1986)

Another quote →

Topics

Business

More quotes by Michael E. Gerber

The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.

I see an entrepreneur as the chief designer of a business that works better than any other.

Rather than being their greatest single asset, knowing to do the technical (professional) work of the business becomes their greatest single liability.

Jurnal ekonomi (1999)

Great people have a vision of their lives that they practice emulating each and every day. They go to work on their lives, not just in their lives.

Tom Butler-Bowdon (2010)

Contrary to popular belief, my experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

All Michael E. Gerber quotes →

You may also like

I don't think that corporations are these big bogeymen that a lot of people paint them to be.

Krist Novoselic

An artisan busies himself with his work for three hours each day and spends nine hours in study.

Maimonides Mishneh Torah (1180)

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure and pleasure my business.

Aaron Burr

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

Marvin Bower The Will to Manage (1966)

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Michael E. Gerber (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.