Social media is about friending someone so they'll invite you to a party or get you a job. If that's the work, Snapchat is the playground.
It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.
Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents.
The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child.
The cloud-powered smartphone and tablet, as productivity tools, are transforming the world around us along with the implied changes in how we work to be mobile and more social.
The best way to make money is to have more economic freedom, which is why we are one of the very few large companies that are consistently for it.
I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well.
We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant.
I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else.
I read so much data. There's so much information that comes my way. And there's got to be a way for me to delegate more.
The biggest thing the money Infosys brought me is the freedom to do what I want. And what I want is to give millions more the opportunities I had.
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets...
There are over 2,000 direct clones of the Groupon business model. However, there's an equal amount of proof that the barriers to success are enormous. In spite of all those competitors, only a handful are remotely relevant.
Companies like GE and Procter & Gamble have been in business for a long time. Over decades or a century you're bound to figure out a management structure that works.
What I learned from Rockefeller that's off-the-hook important is: You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves.
The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.
Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.
Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top down, it was based on experts, and it was big-picture.
When a business becomes successful seemingly overnight, no one knows about all the months and years you've invested, all the projects you've tried before that didn't work.
If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.
Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.
