When it comes to discovering nuggets of wisdom to improve your hustle they can sometimes come from the place you least expect. See how these gangster, drug dealers and criminals articulate their visions.
Peaky Blinders
Entrepreneur — Thomas Shelby
‘Everyone’s a whore, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.’
What he means: Everything is negotiable and you just have to supply what is in demand.
Lawless
Entrepreneur — Forrest Bondurant
‘It’s not the violence that sets men apart. It is the distance that he is prepared to go.’
What he means: The successful company is the one that is prepared to be more ruthless.
The Wire
Entrepreneur — Omar Little
‘How you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sporting with the puppies?’
What he means: To be taken serious as a business, you must challenge the market leaders.
Breaking Bad
Entrepreneur — Walter White
‘You asked me if I was in the Meth business or the money business. Neither. I’m in the empire business.’
What he means: Don’t confuse me with being a small business. I’m actually a major corporation.
House Of Cards
Entrepreneur — Francis Underwood
‘Sometimes the only way to gain your superior’s respect is to defy him’.
What he means: It may be necessary to bypass your line manager to demonstrate your qualities.
Scarface
Entrepreneur — Tony Soprano
‘In this country, when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, you get the women’.
What he means: To create a great business you have to manage your income and reinvestment.
Wall Street
Entrepreneur — Gordon Gekko
‘They’re sheep, and sheep get slaughtered’.
What he means: Following blindly, is a path to destruction for your business.
The Sopranos
Entrepreneur — Tony Soprano
‘A wrong decision is better than indecision.’
What he means: You cant make change sitting, on the fence. You have to push ahead and make decisions.
Boiler Room
Entrepreneur — Seth Davis
‘I read this article a while back that said that Microsoft employs more millionaire secretaries than any other company in the world. They took stock options over Christmas bonuses.’
What he means: Equity is the fastest route to wealth.
Power
Entrepreneur — Ghost
‘Don’t cheat on your dream’
What he means: Focus on working hard and don’t be lead astray. The hard work always comes before the rewards.
