Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.