10 quotes that show why friendship is the most important thing in business

Whilst the age old sayings go “don’t go into business with friends” and “don’t mix business and pleasure”, we like to think differently. Just look at Apple and Google – founded by friends and now two of the most successful companies in the world. We’re not necessarily saying pack in your current job and start a business with your best friend, but you should certainly think about creating friendships within the company you work or run. Here are 10 quotes that show just why friendship in business is so important…

1. ALFRED A. MONTAPERT, ‘All lasting business is built on friendship’.

2. LEE IACOCCA, ‘Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can’t miss’.

3. MARY KAY ASH, ‘People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps’.

4. DEE HOCK, ‘An organisation, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it’.

5. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, ‘A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship’.

6. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ‘I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends’.

7. HENRY FORD, ‘A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business’.

8. REID HOFFMAN, ‘One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it’s making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it’s the people who already have strong trust relationships with you, who know you’re dedicated, smart, a team player, who can help you’.

9. W. EDWARDS DEMING, ‘Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them’.

10. ANDREW CARNEGIE, ‘No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit’.

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