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His firm, TVI, had funded Microsoft, Compaq, and other notable technology companies, but it was not these that McMurtry wished to talk about. Rather, he wanted to talk about the companies that did not succeed. He recalled that in the mid-1970s, having been in the business a number of years, he had become depressed because “out of ten start-ups, we
... See moreRandall E. Stross • eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
effective CEO/coach might say,
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
I never thought it was better than anybody else’s. What I do think I have that is really uniquely my own is my ability to connect to the audience. My skill comes not from my interviewing ability. My skill comes from my listening ability. And my skill comes from me knowing fundamentally inside myself that I am no different than the audience. What ga
... See moreDavid M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
Steve Jobs was famous for making big bets based on intuition rather than systematic analysis.
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Small-firm entrepreneur Charles Muszynski, co-owner and co-CEO of outsourced waste services firm Talismark, likes to say, “I like being the only person who can fire me.”
Royce Yudkoff • HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
“If I have the Bloomberg on, I find I am looking at what the market is doing,” he said. “I really like to be the one who is parsing the information, rather than having a lot of irrelevant information thrown at me.”
Allen C. Benello • Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors
every business is a story.