Greg Crabtree > Quotes

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. —Thomas Edison”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential

“To get through these challenges, you need to prepare your wagon train and have the right provisions.”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential

“You get paid a salary for what you do, and you get a return on what you own.”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential

“If you are profitable at $3 million, you are usually functioning with your hair on fire because you have an unsustainable labor structure and not enough, or not the right, management to keep things together. Your only choices are to pull back to $2.5 million or less to maintain sanity and reduce stress, or push through to $5 million and upgrade your management processes and people.”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers 2.0 – Rules for Smart Scaling: A Play by Play Analysis for Pure Growth

“Also, never forget that plain old world-class execution is your best protection from competitors and is a profit generator. Very few businesses can really deliver.”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers 2.0 – Rules for Smart Scaling: A Play by Play Analysis for Pure Growth

“As you grow from $1 million to $5 million in revenue, you are going to hit some badlands, and you are going to need some resources. The most important resource you will need is extra manpower. It doesn’t matter what business you’re in. You have to take care of those eight functional areas no matter what size your business is.”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential

“A man who aims at nothing hits it with amazing accuracy.” I’ll help you figure out how to take aim with your salary calculation and hit the target.”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential

“Sales are for show, profits are for dough!”
― Greg Crabtree, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential