Growth Quotes - Page 27

• Virality isn't luck. It's not magic. And it's not random. There's a science behind why people talk and share. A recipe. A formula, even.

  Jonah Berger

  People, Magic, Luck

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• Marketing has always been about the same thing - who your customers are and where they are.

  Noah Kagan

  Marketing, Customers

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• Our first idea is a grand opening, a big launch, a press release, or major media coverage. We default to thinking we need an advertising budget. Our delusion is that we should be Transformers and not The Blair Witch Project.

  Ryan Holiday

  Thinking, Media, Ideas

  Ryan Holiday (2013). “Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising (APenguin Special from Portfolio)”, p.11, Penguin

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• People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  People, Problem, Have Courage

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• A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.

  Simon Sinek

  Sacrifice, Numbers, People

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• What if i fail?" ...the more profound question is, "what if i never fail?" "Stop making excuses and start managing your fear.

  David Meerman Scott

  Profound, What If, Failing

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• It's just as valuable to curate content as it is to create it.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Business Growth, Valuable

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• Growth isn't free it always has a cost.

  Morgan Brown

  Cost

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• There are no silver bullets.

  Ben Horowitz

  Bullets, Silver Bullets, Silver

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• Make things worth sharing.

  William Fraser

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• We haven't seen any African country talk about recession.

  Oscar N. Onyema

  Country, Recessions, Havens

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• Africa has decided to take matters of instability into its own hands.

  Jacob Zuma

  Hands, Matter, Decided

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• African problems should have African solutions.

  Jacob Zuma

  Should Have, Problem, Solutions

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• Beg, borrow, steal, Africa needs to build infrastructure.

  Sunil Bharti Mittal

  Needs, Stealing, Infrastructure

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• Access to capital is one of biggest challenges for businesses in Africa.

  Oscar N. Onyema

  Challenges, Access

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• We've used aid to build capacities so we won't need aid in future.

  Paul Kagame

  Needs, Aids, Used

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• Rwanda is not over needing aid, but we can survive with less aid than before.

  Paul Kagame

  Aids, Rwanda

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• Infrastructure is key, but also how it's used, and that's political.

  Paul Kagame

  Keys, Political, Used

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• Moving container from Kigali to Mombasa used to take 22 days, now it takes 6 days.

  Paul Kagame

  Moving, Used, Containers

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• Skills are expensive in Africa, best people are on American salaries.

  Sunil Bharti Mittal

  Skills, People, Salary

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• Once we have the infrastructure in Africa, it should not be blocked by borders.

  Jacob Zuma

  Borders, Should, Infrastructure

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• In Nigeria, financial services, telecoms, and entertainment have driven growth more than oil.

  Oscar N. Onyema

  Oil, Entertainment, Financial

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• Aid should shift to investment. This will help countries stand on their own.

  Jacob Zuma

  Inspiring, Country, Helping

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• I advise other companies' CEOs, don't fall into the trap where you go, 'Where's the growth? Where's the growth?' Where's the growth?' They feel a tremendous pressure to grow. Well, sometimes you can't grow. Sometimes you don't want to grow. In certain businesses, growth means you either take on bad clients, excess risk, or too much leverage.

  Jamie Dimon

  Fall, Mean, Risk

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• The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms the timid; but it is the sign that we are safe. The concession of reasonable privilege anticipates the growth of furious-appetite.

  Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone

  Passion, Expression, Taught Us

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