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"When a business is bought, it is bought for its potential—for its future, not its past."
"Organizations are defined from the inside out: they are described by who reports to whom, by departments and processes and matrices and perks. A business, on the other hand, is defined from the outside in by markets, suppliers, customers, and competitors."

Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products. It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit."
"When a business is bought, it is bought for its potential—for its future, not its past."
"In civil business: what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness. And yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness, far inferior to other parts."
"A friendship founded on business, which Mr. Flagler used to say was a good deal better than a business founded on friendship."
"The mechanism of modern business is so delicate that extreme care must be taken not to interfere with it in a spirit of rashness or ignorance."
"Of course, theres a different law for the rich and the poor: otherwise, who would go into business?"
"A mission statement should define the business that the organization wants to be in, not necessarily what it is in."