A Great Quote On Doing Business With Friends
 

"A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship."
- John D. Rockefeller

I can't agree more with this, your thoughts on this quote?

DH

Never do business with friends or family

trust no one in business :2 cents:

I like the quote

besides, Rockefeller must know what he's talking about

Never disrespect people on your way up because you are going to pass them one day on your way down.

That's an excellent quote :thumbsup

amen to that :thumbsup

Totally ...

I'm really fucking sick of one of my friend that try to make money from his friends right now . It's a fucking insult .

I've hooked him up b4 and he charges me full fucking price for the shit he sells ...

BUT he still asks me to hook him up with my things . Anyways

"You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."
-Zig Ziglar

You don't want to be my friend anymore? :(

you must have totally misunderstood the quote huh?

It's an "ok" quote but it's also bull shit. A friendship found on (more like based on) business isn't much of a friendship at all.

I do business with a lot of people and have great working relationships with them but that certainly doesn't mean we're friends. If we stopped doing business together tomorrow I highly doubt we would contact each other regularly to see how things are going. That isn't any kind of friendship.

Who am I to dispute Rockefeller? :)

I don't agree 100%. It's just easier to do business with people you trust. Anybody can smile and pay you a compliment, but will people be there to bail you out and likewise? That's the definition of a true friend. Do I do biz with friends? All the time. Have I been screwed? Not by the people that I trust. :thumbsup

i 2nd that :thumbsup

but when u will have some troubles in business u will lost not just partner in biz but a friend too
so think about it
what has the value for u business or friendship?

Nothing Fucks up a friendship more than money.

I like. Makes more sense the more you think about it.

if you let money fuck up a friendship you're not much of a friend

the only businesses I do with friends are the not so legal sorts of shit.....that way we can party and do business at the same time...it bites me in the ass sometimes, but the party is usually worth it

which brings up another quote


If you let people bend you over too many times then you're either a whore or an idiot or both.

true that, cool quote. it's strange how how money or fame can probably fuck up the strongest friendship too some degree.. i mean there are a lot of examples. one that springs to mind is simon & garfunkel..

i think it makes alot of sense!

The IRONY of this quote by Rockefeller is he FUCKED OVER many of his earlier friends/business partners when he bought them out for chump change.

Little wonder, Ole' J Rockefeller is the model for Monty L. Burns of the Simpsons

http://www.simpsonstv.net/thumbnails...sceneburns.gif

http://www.mehr-freiheit.de/pix/rockefeller.jpg

I think its a nice quote, but to be honest I think friends can go into business together.

Just my thoughts.

... as smart as saying: "better to have a million in the bank, than saturdays lotto ticked in hands"

Thats pretty much my motto..

True to some extent. If you manage no to mix one with the other.

The biggest scams and frauds have been committed in the name of friendship and trust.

A Great Quote On Doing Business With Friends would be simply:

Don't

Thats true i agree with you.

I like the quote although it is a generalisation and doesn't fit every situation. :2 cents: