Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Ann Corcoranis an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality. As a television personality, she is a "Shark" investor on ABC's Shark Tank...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 March 1949
CityEdgewater, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Barbara Corcoran quotes about
past media average
I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
book reading creative
If you want to have a creative culture, you can't get it by reading books. You get it by example.
my-time
I'm never in control of my time during the workday.
talent teach
Don't teach talent that isn't there.
gimmicks advantage ifs
When you're in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it's a huge advantage.
real home estates
Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
motivational powerful years
The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
important publicity advertising
The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
discovery schemes
Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.
thinking people house
What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.
house ifs amount
If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
stealing share limelight
You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
sharks dollars tales
Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business
assuming asks plenty
Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.