Ten Stupid Sayings About Business

July 17, 2007

Here are ten stupid sayings about business, and by business owners. Don’t worry if you have a bad case of foot in mouth - there’s hope for you yet. Some of the dumbest sayings here are by Bill Gates and his stupid quotes didn’t stop him from becoming one of the biggest entrepreneurs of all time.

“My son is now an entrepreneur. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job” by Ted Turner

“I understand small business growth. I was one.” George W Bush

“Over a long weekend, I could teach my dog to be an investment banker.” Herbert Allen.

“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer.” Bill Gates.

“In a meeting the client rep told us to “think outside the box” and “make me uncomfortable”. He quit the week before the site launched. Guess we made him too uncomfortable.” A poster on www.tofslie.com/client quotes. There’s some hilarious stuff on there.

“I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years.” Bill Gates, 1994.

“I see no progress in this industry. These clocks are no faster than the ones they made a hundred years ago.” Henry Ford (whilst touring a museum).

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, Chairman - IBM.

“Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.” Edwin Land.

“If there’s a burglar in my home, maybe I send an e-mail or a text message to the police instead of making a call.” Niklas Zennstrom, co -founder of Skype speaking about the service’s lack of 911 access.

You can read more stupid sayings on business here.

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One Response to “Ten Stupid Sayings About Business”

  1. Opal: Vegan Momma on July 17th, 2007 10:20 pm

    LOL funny stuff I had to laugh at the first one…

    “My son is now an entrepreneur. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job” by Ted Turner.

    I volunteer as a mentor for six fifth grade girls who live in the inner city. My mentees asked me what I did for a living? I told them I was a business owner and no that wasn’t a pleasant way of saying, “I don’t have a job!”

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