Quotes of the Day

If your business is successful, when selling the business you can claim up to $750,000 as capital gains exemption, which moves that amount into your personal hands without tax ramifications. If you are doubly fortunate in that your marriage survived the venture and your wife was a partner in it, you can double that $750,000 to $1.5 million. [2008] - Dwayne Daku

Make sure you put your photo on your business card. Your photo should also be on everything--letterhead, envelopes, thank-you cards--along with your logo and slogan. [2003] - Darryl Davis

People expect a "real" company to have printed product literature. Anyone can spend $50 on letterhead and business cards and call themselves a corporation. "But a brochure proves you are in business and shows you're more than a fly-by-night operation. Products that require a brochure are seldom sold in a single step. A brochure comes in somewhere between initial contact and final sale. A brochure aimed at busy executives should probably be shorter. [2005] - Robert W. Bly

If you've done something good, I mean really, really, really good, your customer will retell that story 10 times. If you've done something bad - really, really bad, they'll retell the story 50 times. [2005] - Jeffrey Gitomer

Protect your company and employees from cheap customers-the customers who want more than they pay for, the customers who want something for nothing. I make it a point to fire cheap customers-politely and discreetly. [2005] - Robert T. Kiyosaki