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Steve met me on Saturday. Just minutes into talking with him, it was like, “I want to do it.” I was shocked myself. But there was a sparkle in his eye that I’d never seen in a CEO before. And there he was, sort of turning left when everyone was turning right. In everything that he talked about, he was doing something extraordinarily different than
... See moreDavid M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
The fund, now managing $10 billion, had posted average returns of about 45 percent a year, after fees, since 1988, returns that outpaced those of Warren Buffett and every other investing star. (At that point, Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway had gained 20 percent annually since he took over in 1965.)
Gregory Zuckerman • The Man Who Solved the Market
key corporate advisers—investment bankers, consultants, mergers and acquisitions law firms, and anyone who can claim a “finder’s fee”—can earn a king’s ransom by being “helpful” in a major deal.
Richard Rumelt • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
discussing what makes a leader, Eric emphasizes the importance of mastering one skill or area before branching out to other areas.
David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
We view the stock price and revenues and profits as a result of doing things right on the innovation side, on the creativity side, focusing on the right products. Treating customers like they’re jewels and focusing on the user experience. I didn’t even know the numbers that you just quoted. This is not something that’s even in my orbit, to be hones
... See moreDavid M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
... See moreIn my final year, I decided to take on the biggest issue of all for Yale’s men: the 268-year-old parietal rules that forbade women staying overnight in a dorm room. I was dating a woman at a local college, so for me, it was as much a personal as a community issue.
The conventional approach would have been to set up a meeting with a university admini
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.”