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Oftentimes, successful brands can lose discipline or become complacent over time, applying less rigor to the cost control and returns on investment.
I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!
I've never met him, but I love the simplicity with which Warren Buffett describes good and bad businesses and how he makes his investment decisions.
Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
Regardless of what the future holds, intelligent investment in common stocks offer a solid route for a reasonable return on investment going forward.
In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments.
I still think, from an individual perspective, the best deal investment you can make is to buy a primary residence that you're the owner-occupier of.
International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
With interest rates artificially low, consumers reduce savings in favor of consumption, and entrepreneurs increase their rates of investment spending.
I will be the personal bodyguard for every investment in my city. If Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary can transform, then so can Ukraine.
The true secret of success in the investment and speculative world is not so much which good securities to buy, but rather which investments to avoid.
Trade and investment are good for innovation - open economies allow new ideas and technologies to diffuse more quickly from wherever they are created.
The budget targets imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, combined with the effects of the devaluation, trigger the collapse of public investment.
I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.
Taxpayers across the U.S. have invested hundreds of billions of dollars building our nation's infrastructure, and that investment should be protected.
Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.
We need investment in green economy infrastructure; public services, training and education; and a multilateral plan to create youth job opportunities.
Ultimately the clothing company is a large investment on my part, and I'm taking a huge gamble. But having a focus away from the track is good for you.
We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.
I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.
Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.
On lower budget things you're still working collaboratively, but the investment and your level of creative importance is higher on something like this.
It's only natural that the heavy users help contribute to the investment to keep the Web healthy. That is the most important concept of net neutrality.
If left-wing extremism continues to flourish in parts which have natural resources of minerals, the climate for investment would certainly be affected.
If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.
We're all in this together, and we all have to make an investment in our most precious possession and in the foundation of our future: our young people.
Trump will fail even in his proclaimed goal of reducing the trade deficit, which is determined by the disparity between domestic savings and investment.
Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.
The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to make investments.
My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.
The opportunity to create wealth in foreign banks exists only in the investment banking space. Working in a local company teaches you to think long term.
One of the rules I've learned is that struggling to try and think your way into making an investment is usually the best way to not have a great outcome.
We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches.
London has a centrifugal pull on talent, investment and business from the rest of Europe and the world. That brings benefits to the broader U.K. economy.
Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building an investment operation that is world-class or successful.
There are two kinds of investors, be thay large or small: those who don't know where the market is headed, and those who don't know that they don't know.
You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
I take a massage each week. This isn't an indulgence, it's an investment in your full creative expression/productivity/passion and sustained good health.
In order to ensure long-term investment, it is important to make infrastructure as transparent and as bankable as possible - should be a win-win for all.
As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.
Laureate is a highly leveraged failing investment whose principal beneficiaries are Wall Street fat cats and billionaires - and William Jefferson Clinton.
Streaming is something that's going to require tons of billions of dollars of investment, building server farms close to users and 5G and everything else.
Who says that big-budget films are safer than mid-range films? In terms of return on investment, I'd rather have 'Sling Blade' and 'Shine' than 'Volcano.'
If you were approaching the TARP investments from a pure investment standpoint, then there's no doubt in my mind the taxpayer lost, and probably lost big.
It is no coincidence that in the wake of the Arab Spring, investment in youth-related initiatives, especially related to employment, has increased sharply.
Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.
I regret the Pro Fit investment because I didn't know that I was dealing with people who were more concerned about the exposure than fixing their business.
The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.
The biggest threat to our economy comes from the loony left economic policies of the Democrats, which would scare off investment and bring back stagnation.