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Brian Rosenblat
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“One of the most important management lessons for a founder/CEO is totally unintuitive. My single biggest personal improvement as CEO occurred on the day when I stopped being too positive.”
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

“Protect and preserve your core customers," he [Jim Sinegal, cofounder and CEO of Costco] told our marketing team when I invited him to speak to us. "The cost of losing your core customers and trying to get them back during a down economy will be much greater than the cost of investing in them and trying to keep them.”
― Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
― Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two”
― The Chosen
― The Chosen

“Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can’t handle losing repeatedly.”
― The Way of the Fight
― The Way of the Fight

“humans, particularly those who build things, only listen to leading indicators of good news.”
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

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