Famous Entrepreneurs - Ross Perot

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Famous Texan entrepreneur Ross Perot founded Electronic Data Systems, a global business and technology services company which led the industry in outsourcing. The company was eventually sold to General Motors, making Perot a Billionaire. He eventually parlayed his success into a presidential bid in 1992.

Ross Perot Quotes:

"A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation."
- On the Economy

"Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers."
- On Business

"Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality."
- On Entrepreneurship

"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touch down."
- On Perserverence

"Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes."
- On Mistakes

"You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest."
- On Motivation

"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."
- On Activism

"Inventories can be managed, but people must be led."
- On Leadership

"If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes."
- On Politics

"Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time"
- On Leadership

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