“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better. My job is to pull things together from different parts of the company and clear the ways and get the resources for the key projects. And to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better, coming up with more aggressive visions of how it could be.” PeopleWayDifferentTogetherJobsEasyCompanyVisionClearKeysProjectsResourcesAggressiveGreat PeopleDifferent Jobs Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“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
“When you're in a start-up, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each is 10 percent of the company. So why wouldn't you take as much time as necessary to find all the A players? If three were not so great, why would you want a company where 30 percent of your people are not so great? A small company depends on great people much more than a big company does.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsDoeBigsThreeCompanyPlayerDependsSucceedTenPercentDetermineGreat PeopleBig Companies Author:Steve Jobs
“Most people, most great people even are ammunition. But what you need in your company are barrels. You can only shoot through the number of unique barrels you have, so that's how the velocity of your company improves... is by adding barrels, and then you stock them with ammunition and then you can do a lot.” PeopleNeedsCan DoNumbersCompanyUniqueGreat PeopleBarrelsVelocityAmmunition Author:Keith Rabois