“Wright is a visionary with a great strategic mind, and he's a strong business leader with outstanding people skills, ... He's a terrific guy and will be a key force in guiding the company's future growth.” PeopleInspirationalMindGuyStrongForceGrowthCompanyLeaderKeysSkillsTerrificStrategicOutstandingVisionariesBusiness LeadersPeople SkillsFuture Growth Author:Jack Welch
“We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any foreseeable economic climate, ... We have just completed a very successful management transition and I've never been more confident about the company's future.” InspirationalResultsCompanySuccessfulRecordsEconomicBuiltManagementClimateTransitionOperating SystemsEconomic Climate Author:Jack Welch
“They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to act, and act as quickly as we could, and make the offer more attractive.” InspirationalWantedDealsOffersPropertyAttractive Author:Jack Welch
“What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal.” InspirationalHeartDealsCuttingSeekingStrategicRationale Author:Jack Welch
“I was vehemently against acquisitions. Now let's buy everything in sight. Well, that's a slight exaggeration. We are a little more strategic than that. But everything was on sale.” InspirationalWellsLittlesSightStrategicAcquisitionExaggeration Author:Larry Ellison
“Our goal is simply to become the desktop for e-businesses.” InspirationalGoalDesktop Author:Larry Ellison
“Five years from now, I don't know how I'll think.” ThinkingKnowsInspirationalYearsKnow HowFiveFive Years Author:Larry Ellison
“We have been doing things that are contrary; the things that people tell us won't work from the beginning. In fact, the only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.” PeopleWayInspirationalHas BeensFactsErrorsContraryConventionalGet AheadConventional Wisdom Author:Larry Ellison
“You have to take a broader view and realize this is an industry like any other - telecoms, Railroads; they went through consolidation. Why shouldn't the computer industry be any different? This shouldn't have been a surprise to anybody but it seemed to be, and a lot of people thought I was nuts when I said these things. And that's why they are alone as a consolidator.” PeopleInspirationalHas BeensSaidDifferentRealizingViewsIndustryComputerSurpriseNutsRailroadsConsolidationTelecom Author:Larry Ellison