“To achieve your goals, you need to be on the lookout for the opportunity to make connections wherever you go”

“Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions. You run into someone, you ask what they’re doing, you say ‘Wow,’ and soon you’re cooking up all sorts of ideas.”

“It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.”

“The person with the skill set you need to get your new business idea off the ground may be sitting at the next table in the cafe. Go over and say hello.”

“The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work”

“More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject."

“Network continually - 85 percent of all jobs are filled through contacts and personal references”

“Networking is by far the most important aspect of business school. The classroom is a distant second”

“The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it”

“Succeeding in business is all about making connections”