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# Link: "Everything I know about business in one minute."
- URL: https://www.trxl.co/2014-3-5-link-everything-i-know-about-business-in-one-minute/
- Published: 2014-03-05T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-25T00:27:11.000Z
- Author: Evan Troxel
- Tags: Inspiring People, Getting Better, Business, #sqs, #Import-blog1, #evantroxel-me-com

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Here is some great advice for business and for life. It's a quick summary from a one minute long presentation by Bill Drenttel, but [you should go to Michael Bierut's site and read the story behind the message](http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/what-bill-knew/38338/) because he has some great observations about the man and his text. Bill sounded like an amazing guy.

These are the ten things he said:

- Focusing on making a partnership work is more profitable than focusing on making money.
- Love your employees more than you love your clients.
- The best new business is your current business.
- Price projects by asking yourself what the client's lawyer would charge.
- It's better to be hired for your work than for your price.
- When it comes to getting paid, the first of the month is better than the thirtieth.
- Making money off mechanicals, printing and computers turns your business into a commodity.
- The books in your library are more important than the numbers on your balance sheet.
- In order to love your work, take vacations.
- Power, in business, comes from sharing money and valuing love.

Summary: Love > Business