“Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.” CompanyWorryProfitBeing TrueBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfLarge Companies Author:Natalie Merchant
“The typical large company has a compensation committee, They don't look for Dobermans on that committee, they look for chihuahuas.” LooksCompanyTypicalCommitteesCompensationChihuahuaLarge CompaniesDobermans Author:Warren Buffett
“Photos tend to organize chaos, to define what we're doing here. It is essential that individuals' voices depict the world around us, as we are increasingly controlled by large institutions, large companies and large systems.” WorldIndividualVoiceCompanyEssentialsInstitutionsChaosControlledOrganizeLarge Companies Author:Martin Parr
“Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?” StillsHoursWorkCompanySittingTrainMilesSixtyGoing To WorkHuman ResourcesGetting HighSitting StillLarge Companies Author:J. Paul Getty
“Women do not enter a profession in significant numbers until it is physically safe. So until we care enough about men's safety to turn the death professions into safe professions, we in effect discriminate against women. But when we overprotect women and only women it also leads to discrimination against women. ...If [an employer works] for a large company for which quotas prevent discrimination, they find themselves increasingly hiring free-lancers rather than taking on a woman and therefore a possible sexual harassment lawsuit.” IfsMenEnoughCareTurnsNumbersCompanyEffectsSafeSafetyProfessionSignificantDiscriminationEmployersHiringHarassmentLawsuitQuotaLarge CompaniesSignificant Numbers Author:Warren Farrell
“Network marketing is based purely on relationship selling, which is the state of the art in selling today. Small and large companies throughout the country and the world are realizing that individuals selling to their friends and associates is the future of sales, because the critical element in buying is trust.” WorldArtCountryStatesTodayIndividualRealizingCompanyElementsMarketingCriticalSellingBuyingAssociatesNetwork MarketingLarge Companies Author:Brian Tracy
“Despite the fact that Starbucks has grown to be a large company. We've always played music in our stores and has always acted as an opportunity to create a mood in our stores. And customers started asking, "What song are you playing and can I buy that?" . And we said "No." And that was kind of the catalyst for beginning to look at music. We started out with our own compilations and after the success of that. We had the courage to say, "Let's produce our own record." and the first record was with Ray Charles before he unfortunately passed away.” FirstsLooksKindSaidFactsSongOpportunityCompanyRecordsProduceAskingCustomersStoresMoodDespiteRaysCatalystPassed AwayStarbucksCompilationLarge Companies Author:Howard Schultz
“Of one thing the investor can be certain: A large company's need to bring in a new chief executive from the outside is a damning sign of something basically wrong with the existing management - no matter how good the surface signs may have been as indicated by the most recent earnings statement.” NeedsMayHas BeensMatterCertainCompanyOne ThingManagementInvestingSurfaceStatementsChiefsExecutivesInvestorsEarningChief ExecutivesLarge Companies Author:Philip Arthur Fisher
“The more successful the unit, the more difficult it is to make sure that the large company doesn't put the same expectations on it as it does for the rest of the company. When it's a new venture, whether it's outside or inside the business, it's a child. And you don't put a 40-pound pack on a 6-year-old's back when you take her hiking.” YearsChildrenDoeDifficultCompanySuccessfulExpectationsPoundsHikingPacksVentureUnitsBack WhenLarge CompaniesNew Ventures Author:Peter Drucker
“There are companies that are good at improving what they're already doing. There are companies that are good at extending what they're doing. And finally there are companies that are good at innovation. Every large company has to be able to do all three - improve, extend, and innovate - simultaneously.” AbleThreeCompanyInnovationImprovingExtendingLarge Companies Author:Peter Drucker
“We do not believe in oversupplying the market. When you are a large company, you can afford to do it. When you are a small player, your flexibility gets reduced.” BelieveMotivationalCompanyPlayerFlexibilityLarge Companies Author:Lakshmi Mittal
“An MBA is a great degree for career paths like investment banking, finance, consulting, and large companies. An MBA is not necessarily the right path for starting a tech company. You should be building a prototype, not getting an MBA in that case.” ShouldCompanyCareersCasesPathBuildingDegreesInvestmentStartingFinanceBankingRight PathConsultingCareer PathPrototypeMbaLarge CompaniesInvestment Banking Author:Guy Kawasaki
“We are highly committed to international cooperation, development of public-private partnerships. To use the potential of large companies that have already been through the steps that we are taking now would be beneficial for the development of the country's healthcare system” CountryUseWould BeCompanyStepsDevelopmentInternationalCommittedCooperationHealthcarePartnershipBeneficialLarge CompaniesInternational Cooperation Author:Veronika Skvortsova
“The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.” YearsLittlesCompanyFourDesignProjectsTrackFour YearsTypicalIbmLarge Companies Author:Bill Gates