The most advertised commodity is not always intrinsically the best; but is sometimes merely the product of a company, with plenty of money to spend on advertising.
Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line.
I care about our employees more than anybody in my company. I care about my kids, too, but that doesn't mean I give them everything that they want.
Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it's OK.
Conservatives and companies condoned Rush Limbaugh's 2006 attacks on Michael J. Fox for campaigning about stem cell research.
I have a staff of 12 people, so it's easy for them to handle all the management and the day to day at the company while I'm directing.
I think many of the companies that have tried to create social worlds have failed because they approached it strictly from an opportunistic perspective.
A visionary company is one which is seen growing in a consistent pattern by being goal oriented driven by a vision and a mission
The software industry has to become better in componentization. That's a clear focus for most of the software companies. How components look, how they are maintained, the ability to maintain them separately.
In the 1960s, if you were a blue collar worker or uneducated, and you had an injury on the job, the company basically dismissed you.
Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.
When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is multiple expansion is an outcome, not a strategy.
Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.
I think Facebook is an extraordinarily important part of the Internet ecosystem, and having a robust presence there is a critical part of any brand (or company's) strategy.
So my answer is, YES, everyone can find a hedgehog concept. If these companies can do it, anyone can do it. And anybody who says they can't is simply whining.
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
As a small company our fastest way to market was going to be by working with other retailers that were known for pioneering new technologies and categories.
People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.
