“Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well.” ThinkingNeedsWellsUsedCompanyExcuseWell BeingShareholdersStakeholder Author:Simon Mainwaring
“There is no excuse-and we should call a spade a spade-for chemical companies and oil refineries using our major rivers as pipelines for toxic waste. There is no excuse for communities to use other people's rivers as a dump for their raw sewage.” PeopleShouldUseCommunityCompanyWasteMajorsRiversExcuseOilChemicalsToxicNo ExcusesDumpEcoSpadesPipelineSewageToxic WasteRefinery Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.” RunningFacesChoicesEasyDifficultDecisionCompanyConsequenceLonelyExcuseCeoFoldsWrong ChoicesPlentiful Author:Ben Horowitz
“The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Dont blame others for your own inadequacies.” FeelsUseCompanyMajorsBlameThreatExcusePredatorDownfallInadequacy Author:Greg Ginn
“The biggest barrier to starting a company isn't ideas, funding or experiences. It's excuses.” IdeasCompanyStartingExcuseBarriersFunding Author:Sarah Lacy