Our 50th Issue - The Buck Stops Here March 2010

The March issue of The New York Enterprise Report is our 50th issue, and to commemorate, we’re looking back at some of the wisdom and inspiration that some of the business owners featured in past cover stories have shared with us.

“Numbers are my life. I run a business by numbers, period. Probably one of the most important things is knowing your business, and the only way to know your business is to know the numbers. I get reports on all my businesses every week no matter where I am. After the business is going for a long time, by looking at three or four critical numbers, I can tell you how fast we’re growing, what our needs are, where we’re weak, a whole bunch of things.”
Norm Brodsky, serial entrepreneur, Inc. magazine columnist, and the subject of NY Report ’s first cover story
Report Link number 65442

"I think it's really important to appreciate where you are at each step. Look back on it and do not constantly focus on 'What can I do to make it better,' because it's pretty great right now; you're just not noticing it.”
Lisa Price, founder of Carol's Daughter (April 2008)
Report Link number 65856 

“Culturally, we’re a really good place to work. We make our staff feel like rock stars, because if they feel like rock stars, they’re going to perform like rock stars."
Kenny Dichter, founder and CEO, Marquis Jet (November 2005) 
Report Link number 65578 

"The little secret that a lot of people won't tell you is that the best CEOs and most successful CEOs are usually pretty nice. And that's why they keep their staff; because through thick and through thin, they trust that guy. They like that guy.”
Linda Kaplan Thaler, CEO and chief creative officer of The Kaplan Thaler Group (July 2009)
Report Link number 66135

"At the end of the day, I'm a salesperson. I think that all CEOs need to remain in the sales process, because that's where all the money comes from.”
Len Burnett, cofounder and group publisher, Uptown Media (September 2009)
Report Link number 66161

"When I think of a shoe, I can think of the cash register at the same time. For most designers, that would never enter their minds. Nor would they think of the practicality of the product, either. They may get carried away by the aesthetics of it, but I'm always humbled by the market and what it requires, not just by the enthusiasm of the design."
Stuart Weitzman, founder of his eponymous luxury shoe line (September 2008)
Report Link number 69535

"If you get people involved in producing the product, they end up buying the product."
Tim Zagat, cofounder, cochair & CEO, Zagat Survey (March 2009)
Report Link number 66076