5 Rules of Acquisition That Will Actually Help Your Business

[Beard_vs_Geek]

Hello Everyone,
The Rules of Acquisition, after reading it I realized that some rules are actually good business advice. The five rules that I found to be of the most help are as follows.
#3 Never spend more for an acquisition than you have too.
#10 Greed is eternal.
#45 Expand or die.
#48 The bigger the smile the sharper the knife.
#74 Knowledge equals profit.

For an actual explanation of the rules I did make a video about it. Sorry in advance about the muffled audio in the Star Trek clips I messed up there.

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I was wondering what other Rules of Acquisition you think is actually sound business advice. Please let me know what you guys think below.

 

[Bagofmostlywatr]

There's very few that don't make sense when you think about it, some of them may be morally wrong, bit even then, someone else is making money out of them.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Some of the rules of acquisition are good (If pat and redunctionist) business advice. Others are just generic 'Greed good', and the rest are 'Women bad'.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

My favorite is the one Quark made up: "When Morn leaves, it's all over."

 

[JirinPanthosa]

A couple more good ones:

#98: Every man has his price.
#217: You can't free a fish from water.

 

[Snaploud]

#45 Expand or die.

Expansion can save or kill a business depending upon the circumstances. Never let anyone tell you that expansion is the only option (especially if it means going into debt, adding business partners you don't trust, or entering markets you haven't fully researched).

 

[Beard_vs_Geek]

A couple more good ones:

#98: Every man has his price.
#217: You can't free a fish from water.

These are really true. Although you do have to be careful with #98 because it's illegal to offer certain people their price.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Of course a few are bad for business.

#1. Giving the money back can make the difference between one payday and years' worth of paydays.

 

[Tenacity]

Although you do have to be careful with #98 because it's illegal to offer certain people their price

Some people's price isn't in the form of money.

 

[Galaxy]

3. Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
9. Instinct plus opportunity equals profit.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

57. Good customers are as rare as latinum...treasure them.

You can't argue with that one.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Never sleeping with the boss's sister is a good rule of thumb.

 

[Captain Rob]

Having long ago been involved with exotic dancers:
Strippers Rule #1
If your customer leaves at closing time with money in his pocket. You've not done your job.

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