Gene Marks | Page 7

A major study has concluded men are as stressed balancing work and home as women. Oh, please.

Everybody from Fortune 500 clients to the charity down the block will ask for discounts and donations. Say yes, and build the cost into your prices.

They want a job that affords them a life after work. How difficult is that to understand?

Jobs never lied about the first iPhone, he just told the truth prematurely.

Never forget that to them, you're just a bill they pay.

Making fun of your customers is bad business.

And why is he singing a song from Evita at the same time?

Finding your destiny is great but hedge your bets.

When your customers start going to your competitors to purchase what you refuse to stock, it's time to rethink your plan.

Teaching potential clients how to do what you do is good marketing.

After raising $120 million, the $400 internet-connected juicer is as farcical as an entire season of 'Silicon Valley.'

They admitted that they blew it.

Video conference calls provoke every worry we have about how we look on camera without offering any of the advantages of meeting face-to-face.

We sometimes admire jerks.

Leaving the C-suite to spend some time in a cubicle will teach you a lot about your own company.

If your audience is checking their watches, you're not.

I don't know you, but how much does it matter?

When your business is big enough, hiring a controller to keep watch on expenses is a smart move.

If you have no fear, you haven't been in business long enough to know better.

If somebody tells you price isn't important they are delusional.

Employees will suffer through pay freezes, no-bonus Christmas and downsizing but if there is no coffee you'll have a mutiny.

Yes, Amazon.

Taking the crew to lunch once a year between Thanksgiving and Christmas doesn't make up for taking them for granted the rest of the year.

It doesn't matter if you can't yet say 'President Trump.' A lot of people are depending on you to keep the business open, whatever the next four years brings.

Quitting so you come out ahead is good business. Throwing your career away because you're in a bad mood is something different.

Courtesy requires a simple response to an email, especially if it's from someone you know.

Remember Julius from 'Everybody Hates Chris'? His meme wasn't about being a cheapskate. It was about being frugal.

Why are 85 percent of recalled phones still in pockets, purses and airplanes despite danger of fire and explosion? For the same reasons people let their businesses slowly fall apart.

You should know this without being told but putting your politics in your employees' faces is making them really uncomfortable.

Business is mainly about numbers. If you don't understand that, you have more than a math problem to solve.