Quotes by Robert Metcalfe

About Robert Metcalfe:

Robert Melancton "Bob" Metcalfe is an electrical engineer from the United States who co-invented Ethernet, founded 3Com and formulated Metcalfe's Law. As of January 2006[update], he is a general partner of Polaris Venture Partners. Starting in January 2011, he holds the position of Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Innovation at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.

Robert Metcalfe

You don't grow the economy by growing government.

Robert Metcalfe

Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.

Robert Metcalfe

Grove giveth and Gates taketh away.

Robert Metcalfe

The internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996.

Robert Metcalfe

In seven to ten years video traffic on the Internet will exceed data and voice traffic combined.

Robert Metcalfe

If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor.

Robert Metcalfe

I've screwed up and I've overcommitted and it's typical of me.

Robert Metcalfe

I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.

Robert Metcalfe

I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since.

Robert Metcalfe

The world needs a better understanding of how to encourage innovation. And innovators need to get better at it. Sign me up.

Robert Metcalfe

When you're running a company, creating jobs is the last thing you want to. When you're running a company you want to employ as few people as possible, and yet you inadvertently create jobs.

Robert Metcalfe

My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole.

Robert Metcalfe

Author Bio

  • NameRobert Metcalfe
  • DescriptionAmerican electrical engineer
  • BornApril 7, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComputer Scientist; Engineer
  • AwardsGrace Murray Hopper Award; National Medal Of Technology And Innovation; IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal; EFF Pioneer Award