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I named our new company after HMS Vanguard, Lord Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the great British victory over Napoleon’s fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. I wanted to send a message that our battle-hardened Vanguard Group would be victorious in the mutual fund wars, and that our Vanguard would be, as the dictionary says, “the leader in a new
... See moreJohn C. Bogle • Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
Deming referred to Ford and Taylor’s influence as “living in prison under the tyranny of the prevailing style of management.”
John Willis • Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
Paul Graham
Steven Schlafman • 1 card
We conducted the first experiments near the Sharon Hotel in Herzliya, shooting into the Mediterranean. This was our base and practically the first artillery base of the Israeli Defense Forces. This mortar, or our “heavy artillery,” as we called it, contributed much to our war efforts. It was used by Yitzhak Sadeh and his troops in their attempts to
... See moreUriel Bachrach • The Power of Knowledge - HEMED
FROM COMMUNIST TO VENTURE CAPITALIST
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Peacetime CEO works to minimize conflict. Wartime CEO heightens the contradictions.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Leadership
Andrea McKay • 2 cards
Leadership
Brett • 2 cards
Republicans had, in fact, voted for the amendment—and against their own President—by a margin of 32 to 14. Eisenhower had won a big victory in the battle that had begun with Bricker’s introduction of S.J. Res. 1, for he had defeated the Old Guard isolationists. But Lyndon Johnson had won a bigger victory. Johnson had hit, in fact, every target at w
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