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Through its astonishing rise, Clymer holds fast to what he regards as the cornerstone of Hodinkee’s success: content. In a recent interview he said: “We will hire new editors, new photographers, new videographers. We want to produce the very best content. We have a track record of that. It might surprise some folks, but we believe the future is all
... See moreA word on Rockefeller as a manager, for he has a claim to be not only the first great corporate executive but one of the greatest ever.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Profits are a product of doing the right thing—over and over again.
Joel Manby • Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders
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(As his predecessor John Pierpont Morgan had said about a banker’s reputation at the Pujo hearings in front of the House Banking and Currency Committee in 1912, “[It] is his most valuable possession; it is the result of years of faith and honorable dealing and, while it may be quickly lost, once lost cannot be restored for a long time, if ever.”)
Duff McDonald • Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase
Stephens was the president of the railroad, which was a wholly American-owned stock company with its main office in the old Tontine Building on Wall Street. The capitalization was a million dollars.
David McCullough • Brave Companions
Hurley ran YouTube like someone who used YouTube and his exit cleared the way for managers to run YouTube Google’s way, with spreadsheets and algorithms.
Mark Bergen • Like, Comment, Subscribe
The charade was ended in 1892 by incorporating as a New Jersey holding company and replacing the trust certificates with Standard of New Jersey stock.