Clearly as you move to being a public company, probably even more than growth, there is a huge value based on predictability.
Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.
First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos.
It's really easy to create a $1 billion company - you just have to solve a $10 billion problem.
With technology you can now be your own record company, director, producer, etc. If you have talent, you can display it on the Internet and the world will tell you their thoughts in the matter of seconds!
Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with which to connect their companies to the myriad stakeholders who have an interest in their well being.
I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.
When I'm at my grandparents', I know I literally have to do nothing but relax, enjoy myself, and enjoy my family members' company.
As I have seen with a lot of companies I have covered, acquisition interest can be a heady experience, and not always in a good way.
Learning from the American experience, governments around the world have developed national innovation policies and programs to accelerate their economic prosperity and to help their citizens and companies compete globally.
Even though I am Chairman of Dole Food Company, I do most of my own grocery shopping.
Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family.
Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.
Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.
When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.
I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.
The basic principle which I believe has contributed more than any other to the building of our business as it is today, is the ownership of our company by the people employed in it.
Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term...
I certainly think you could look at the business side of how WWE was run, which was as a conservative company with little debt and strong cash balance.
I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.
I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.
