“Watching nonprogrammers trying to run software companies is like watching someone who doesn’t know how to surf trying to surf. Even if he has great advisers standing on the shore telling him what to do, he still falls off the board again and again.” IfsKnowsTryingStillsRunningFallCompanyKnow HowStandingBoardsShoreSoftwareAgain And AgainSurfAdviserSoftware Company Author:Joel Spolsky
“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?” KnowsLooksPlayFeelingsFeltQualityResponsibilityCompanyEnemyRolesKnow HowWorstComfortSolitudeNewsMadEnvyKicksHelpfulWillingnessIntrovertGood NewsWorst EnemyExtroverts Author:Laurie Helgoe
“By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.” KnowsMenValuesCompanyKnow HowErrorsPlato Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Why did I start with them? Why do any of us choose one company over another as an employer? The money? At the beginning they all offer more or less the same and no one know how it will go after that. I guess it is often not so much your prospects at a particular firm, because these are essentially unknowable, but whether people will think you have done well to get the job there, that determines you choice. That was largely it in my case. It was really the prestige. They gave good letterhead.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsDoneJobsChoicesCompanyCasesKnow HowParticularOffersDetermineFirmEmployersPrestigeProspects Book:The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories Source: The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories
“What we learned several years ago was that one of our weaknesses would be if we didn't develop enough people with the know-how to run our company, it would come to the point where we would just stop.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsEnoughWould BeRunningCompanyKnow HowEconomyWeaknessYears Ago Author:Kevin B. Rollins
“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
“Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best know how to prize them the most. But no company is far preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.” KnowsWantCompanyKnow HowVirtueSocietyDiseaseResourcesVicesDarePrizeContagious Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don't know how to run a bank, a car company.” KnowsTryingIdeasGovernmentRunningCompanyKnow HowCarSick Author:Lamar Alexander
“For heaven's sake, this is 2015. I've run the largest technology company in the world. Let me assure you we know how to build an employer verification system that would work. We can solve this. We just need to do it.” KnowsWorldNeedsRunningHeavenCompanyTechnologyKnow HowLet MeSakeSolveEmployersVerification Author:John Kasich
“Most people will solve the problems they know how to solve. Roughly speaking they will solve B+ problems instead of A+ problems. A+ problems are high impact problems for your company but they're difficult problems.” PeopleKnowsProblemDifficultCompanyKnow HowImpactSolveDifficult Problems Author:Keith Rabois