“Logic is the subject that has helped me most in picking stocks, if only because it taught me to identify the peculiar illogic of Wall Street. Actually Wall Street thinks just as the Greeks did. The early Greeks used to sit around for days and debate how many teeth a horse has. They thought they could figure it out just by sitting there, instead of checking the horse. A lot of investors sit around and debate whether a stock is going up, as if the financial muse will give them the answer, instead of checking the company.” IfsThinkingGivingUsedAnswersCompanyStreetsSubjectsFiguresTaughtWallSittingLogicHorseFinancialDebateTeethGreekPeculiarInvestorsMuse Book:One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In Source: One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
“Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment to develop the record visually. When the web took over and camera phones, it stripped the artists of the power to figure it out. So there's a need to bridge that gap and that's my job.” NeedsMomentsJobsArtistCompanyRecordsFourAliveFiguresDevelopmentCamerasPhonesSupremeTemptationBridgesGapsRecord Companies Author:Laurieann Gibson
“A capitalist is someone who derives a substantial share of his income from his equity in producing companies. On this scale the figures are discouraging. Approximately ninety percent of the capital of this country is owned by five or less percent of the American people.” PeopleCountryWisdomPoliticsCompanyEconomyFiveShareFiguresPercentScalesIncomeLiberalismCapitalistEquityNinetyDiscouraging Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“My biggest fear is that we [Unilever company] at one point in time will not be able to attract the best and brightest [workers]. I don't worry so much about the business, the strategy. If we can continue to attract the best, I know they will ultimately figure out how to run the company in a very tough environment.” IfsKnowsRunningAbleCompanyWorryEnvironmentFiguresToughStrategyWorkersBiggest Fear Author:Paul Polman
“When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.” IfsWantGivingYearsUseDreamBigsJobsNextCompanyStupidFiguresSmartLaysWhat You WantPursuePanicSalaryBig CompaniesYou Re Stupid Author:Bruce Schneier
“Founders need to figure out what the message of the company is going to be.” NeedsCompanyFiguresMessagesFounders Author:Sam Altman
“It's the next phase of authorship of this country's energy future. It's gonna come from the people. It's not gonna be deus ex machina or Obama ex machina, or science ex machina. It's gonna be the people. It's not going to be a wind energy company that comes in and saves the day. It's going to be the people who figure this out.” PeopleCountryNextEnergyCompanyFiguresWindPhasesExesAuthorshipWind Energy Author:Josh Fox
“I've always loved the beauty world. Ever since I was a child, I looked at magazines and wore fragrances and tried out samples and sets. I worked at Clinique in the creative department for a summer during high school. And when I graduated from university, I worked at Prescriptives. My uncle [Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder Companies] smartly had wanted me to go into a small brand - to figure out what part of the company I loved. I discovered I was passionate about the creative process, the product development, creating a concept around a fragrance or lipstick.” WorldChildrenWantedSchoolProcessCompanyCreativeFiguresProductsDevelopmentSummerCreatingHigh SchoolConceptsUniversityPassionateMagazinesBrandsDepartmentCreative ProcessUnclesFragranceChairmanLipstickSampleProduct Development Author:Aerin Lauder