Small Business Quotes Quotes

“Consultants must find a niche and stick to it. If you can't find one, create one.”
― Tim Bajarin

“The business motivation behind creating a partnership is to dramatically accelerate revenue at a fraction of the cost.”
― Sarah Gerdes, The Overlooked Expert

“Owning a small business is like getting married. You're in it for the long haul, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer. And like marriage, there's a learning curve. You learn it's best to keep your mouth shut more often than not.”
― C.L. McManus, Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.

“Running a small business is a lot like spinning a roulette wheel. You can win big, you could lose everything, or maybe you'll do ok. The problem is, even after you've landed on a good space, you MUST take another spin at the wheel. On a particular day in March 2020, the wheel landed on Covid-19.”
― C.L. McManus, Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.

“My expectations were pretty conventional regarding opening, operating, and ultimately closing my small store. I certainly didn't expect much emotion, nor did I expect that the faces, voices and stories would stay with me a lifetime, but they will. In reality, I ran the scale of emotions. Every significant interaction changed me. Though you can say that about most anything in life, these moments combined were, for me, truly "life-changing." My lifetime of annoyingly repetitive prayers was for exactly what I was to receive by operating that little store. I had an about-face with confidence, and although my patience will probably never be perfect, it went from a two to maybe a seven?”
― C.L. McManus, Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.

“The tears the laughs the lessons learned
The products bought and then returned
The skin that was thin
Is now like buckskin
A degree in resilience well-earned”
― C.L. McManus, Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.

“A business that lasts forever starts from $0 in earnings.”
― Onipede Ayomide

“Most very small business owners aren’t short on effort. They’re short on honest focus.

Confidence grows when you stop trying to fix everything and start working on the right few things.”
― Rick Tracewell, The Uncomfortable Comfort Zone: Where small business owners get stuck — and how to move forward