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Andrew Carnegie - Always know every dollar coming in and going out of your business to get ahead. Always invest in technology where your competitors aren’t. Be delighted to learn. Successful older generations love mentoring younger generations.
My former boss Dan Burke once handed me a note that said: "Avoid getting into the business of manufacturing trombone oil. You may become the greatest trombone-oil manufacturer in the world, but in the end, the world only consumes a few quarts of trombone oil a year!" He was telling me not to invest in small projects that would sap my and
... See moreRobert Iger • The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
If you don’t know what you’re trying to learn, you shouldn’t bother having the conversation.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
recognize that there are respectful, considerate things that can be done in life that will be appreciated by the recipient, and that only good things can result.
Jeffrey Zaslow • The Last Lecture
Suzy Welch PIE Framework for Long-term Success
People
Welch underscores the importance of building authentic relationships. Success often hinges on who you know and how well you connect with them. She advises being curious, engaging in meaningful conversations, and expanding your network through activities like joining clubs or attending events.
Ideas
They tried to make everything as much like IBM as possible. They were very conventionally minded. The problem with doing that is that those niches are occupied. If you have bland, boring marketing materials just like IBM and you have very high prices and slow delivery, there is a niche for that product and it's occupied. IBM is there. The customer
... See moreJessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
have a list of what I regard as the characteristics of successful people, probably an obvious bunch of traits. People who are well read, have well-considered opinions, are honest, can communicate and stick it out, are self-confident and care for people and on top of that can think, are the best. Clear goals direct all these characteristics.
Carié Maas • Jannie Mouton: And then they fired me
Winblad: One of the big mistakes is that, when you form a company, there's a difference between being an inventor and being entrepreneurial to leading a company—being the CEO or, especially, the leader. You're not fending for yourself anymore. You're actually fending for shareholders. They can't be fending for their salary; they can't be fending fo
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