Best Business Quotes: 1-5

Quotes are short words yet precious as gold phrases that change people’s lives for good or even for greatness. They serve as our inspirations, lights, and strengths that help us achieve our goals. In my path to entrepreneurial success, I always bring with me my best business quotes. Some of them were lessons I learned during my business journey. Others are my original quotes which are already in my day to day life since I was young. Regularly, I will share them here for all my guest and readers. I’ll also publish new quotes that I may learn in my future life as an entrepreneur.  To start, I give to you my first five business quotes. Read more

Doritos ad leads on top of the 2009 Super Bowl’s bunch of commercials

Doritos commercial made it to the top rank as the number one ad according to the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter. This amateur advertisement defeated the pro advertisements.

Dorito is a brand flavored tortilla chips produced since 1996 by the American Food company Frito-Lay (a division of PepsiCo, Inc.). The Dorito Ad was created by brothers Joe and David Herbert of Batesville, Indiana. The ad makers won US 1 miilion in a do-it-yourself commercial contest sponsored by Doritos maker Frito-Lay.

The ad was produced for less than $2,000. In the advertisement, an office worker throws a crystal ball at a vending machine to make his wish of “free Doritos” come true. His nerdy buddy then wishes also for a promotion. But when he pitches the ball over his shoulder it smashes into his boss’s crotch.

Business Quote and Wisdom: Honesty is the Best Policy

“Honesty is the best policy”, a very common maxim yet very uncommon to people. Honesty is like a diamond, precious but rare to find – rare to find like honest people. Dishonest persons are scattered everywhere, in politics, in government, in business, in showbiz, in the streets and even in religions. In business, since all businessmen are taxpayers, lying and cheating are common. Many people practice dishonesty to take advantage of higher financial returns or to escape current obligations. For example, the taxpayers, some or most of these taxpayers commit under-declaration of income to reduce income taxes. Another example is when a business owner lies in reporting the true profit or income of his business to avoid distribution of profit shares or bonuses to his employees or stakeholders. Read more

Business Quote: It is not the matter of time but it is the matter of event

“It is not the matter of time but it is the matter of event.”

Time is essential in attaining business success. But time, like other business resources, is useless and becomes idle when not utilized wisely. In other words, time becomes nothing without happening of events. Read more