“Now you have to ask a question - is that really, is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of other people and walk off with the money? Or is that in fact somehow a little bit of a flawed system? And so I do draw distinction between looting a company, leaving behind broken families and broken neighborhoods and then leaving a factory that should be there.” PeopleShouldLittlesFactsAsksBitsAbilityWalksBehindsCompanyRichBrokenRepublicanLittle BitDrawsCapitalismLeavingDistinctionNeighborhoodFactoriesManipulateFlawedHandfulRich PeopleLootingBroken Family Author:Newt Gingrich
“Those of us who believe in free markets and those of us who believe that in fact the whole goal of investment is entrepreneurship and job creation, we find it pretty hard to justify rich people figuring out clever legal ways to loot a company, leaving behind 1,700 families without a job.” PeopleWayBelieveHardWholeFactsJobsGoalBehindsCompanyRichCreationRepublicanInvestmentLeavingCleverEntrepreneurshipJustifyFree MarketRich PeopleJob Creation Author:Newt Gingrich
“In order to understand the movement of prices, you need not an oscilloscope to measure the entire market and reduce it to noise, but a microscope to investigate the creative process behind every company and its price.” NeedsOrderProcessBehindsCompanyCreativeMovementEconomicsNoiseCreative ProcessMicroscopes Book:Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
“If you do or don't like something it's because of that thing and not because it has the right politics behind them or the right company or the right connections. It's really just about the thing itself.” IfsBehindsCompanyConnectionsLike Something Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a challenge where you think you can make a difference - one that looks like it would be fun - and then throwing the weight of your position behind it. Some might justifiably call it "meddling." I've often done this just about everywhere in the company.” ThinkingLooksDoneMightWould BeFunChallengesDifferencesBehindsCompanyIssuesPositionAdvantageWeightMy FavoriteMaking A DifferenceThrowingChairmanPerksMeddlingYou Can Make A Difference Author:Jack Welch
“The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows how to leapfrog when it finds itself behind.” KnowsFirstsIdeasBehindsCompanyKnow HowMarkCome UpNew IdeasInnovative Author:Steve Jobs
“There are those who build careers and companies just out of being popular on Instagram, but theres nothing behind them.” BehindsCompanyCareersInstagramBeing Popular Author:Margot Robbie
“To make HP a great company once again, we need more than competitive costs and operational efficiency. We're in the process of assessing and refining our growth strategy, and the same concepts that were behind our operational changes will be at work here: simplicity, focus, alignment, and execution.” NeedsProcessGrowthBehindsCompanyFocusCostConceptsStrategySimplicityExecutionEfficiencyAlignmentRefiningGreat CompanyAssessing Author:Bill Vaughan
“The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.” WorldMovingFallBehindsCompanyAccomplishment Author:George Eastman
“If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company. Fear should guide you, but it should be latent. I have some latent fear. I consider failure on a regular basis.” PeopleIfsShouldStillsWould BeFallEasyBehindsCompanyBasesSpeedGuidesCorporationsPushingMediocreMicrosoftGreat PeopleHiringLatent Author:Bill Gates
“A young financial writer once brought ridicule upon himself by stating that a certain company had nothing to commend it except excellent earnings. Well, there are companies whose earnings are excellent but whose stocks I would never recommend. In selecting investments, I attach prime importance to the men behind them. I'd rather buy brains and character than earnings. Earnings can be good one year and poor the next. But if you put your money into securities run by men combining conspicuous brains and unimpeachable character, the likelihood is that the financial results will prove satisfactory.” IfsMenYearsWellsCharacterRunningYoungCertainNextWealthPoorResultsBehindsBrainCompanySecurityHe ManProveImportanceInvestmentFinancialBe GoodExcellentPrimeEarningRidiculeLikelihoodCombiningFinancial Results Author:B. C. Forbes
“Behind all the hype shaping the electronic highway are corporate interests. These huge companies are doing the most natural thing in the world to them; following their own corporate interest.” WorldInterestNaturalBehindsCompanyHugeInternetFollowingCorporateFree SpeechHighwaysHypeNatural Things Author:Herbert Schiller
“I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.” ThinkingBehindsCompanyPublishingBehind You Author:Sarah Dessen
“When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.” InspirationalBigsPartyBehindsCompanyResponsibleCorporationsBig ThingsRailroadsPennsylvania Author:Andrew Carnegie
“Well, my motivation behind Tesla is really to do as much good as possible for the environment and the electric-vehicle revolution. I think there is still a lot of work to do and if we were to sell to a big company, I'm not sure it would progress at the same pace.” IfsThinkingWellsStillsBigsMotivationBehindsCompanyEnvironmentProgressRevolutionSellsNot SurePaceVehicleElectricBig CompaniesTeslaElectric Vehicles Author:Elon Musk