The people I do business with recognize my concern for their ongoing success.
But once trust is created, the next time I do business with the same person, that initial investment pays off.
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In other words: How likely am I to get sued and end up paying out millions if I do business here?
The first time I do business with someone, we have to develop a relationship, which takes time, and our unfamiliarity may drive us to use costly legal protections like contracts and non-disclosure agreements.
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"If they want to do business with me, I want to do business with them, " he said.
Before I started Salesforce.com, I worked at Oracle for 13 years, and in my last few years there I was constantly questioning myself: Do I want to be in business or do I want to be in philanthropy?
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And both of us later wrote in our respective autobiographies, after that very first meeting, we could report back to our constituencies, I think I can do business with this man.
The time away made me more mindful and deliberate about what I need to do and what I want to do for my business and my home life.
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Am I ready to do business with the Government this year?
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What is the right succession for my business, how do I as an individual have impact on the business community, maybe the community at large, and it can be a very rewarding 10 to 15 even 20-year chapter of a long-term career.
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Ms. HOLIDAY: (Singing) If I should take the notion to jump into the ocean, ain't nobody's business if I do.
Now, economic -- as I said yesterday, I'm not an economist but I do know that the business of predicting the future in terms of economics is tricky.
But I want to do everything I can to make sure that your business succeeds.
You know, I think, you know obviously it's not, it's nothing to do with business, but I think the lottery was one where, you know, the public wanted something and they, they should have been bolder and they, they should have made sure that they delivered what they'd promised in the election manifesto.
But no one knows better than I do how much of that business is in the rear view mirror.
Certainly Fox does, Sony, Universal, those are the ones where I do a great deal of business.
I've done what I wanted to do in this business, and now it's my turn to give them something back.
Again, that's the first time in all the years I've been in business I've been asked to do something like that.
As a concerned investor, I pledge to pull all of my investments from companies that do business with terrorist-sponsoring countries, and I will only invest in certified "terror-free" funds and companies in the future.
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And he knows his business better than I do, and what challenges it faces.
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What I want to do is get the business of the American people done.
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It is well-known that I encouraged President Reagan to "do business" with President Gorbachev.
That said, shorting is a very dangerous business, and I do not recommend it for anyone except seasoned professionals.
How many women lawyers, accountants, financial advisers and business owners do I know?
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What they want to do is their business, it has nothing to do with what I write, it has nothing to do with what I believe.
Frankly, I have seen management in a service business in China by Chinese companies, and I do not think foreign players, least of all those from Japan, can compete.
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