“Some people don't want to know that very little progress has been made. It is in the same way that companies are selling their products (i.e. the billion dollar cosmetic industry), they can package the message of femininity and normalization around this disease.” PeopleKnowsWayWantLittlesHas BeensMadeCompanyProgressProductsIndustryDiseaseMessagesDollarsBillionsSellingMade ItFemininityPackagesCosmetics Author:Ravida Din
“I'm sure there are managers who have had far greater financial success. But my companies such as easyJet have changed the lives of many people. We haven't just made flights affordable for a lot of people.” PeopleMadeCompanyGreaterHavensChangedFinancialFlightManagersAffordableFinancial Success Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.” MadeFilmStarsCompanyMaterialsIndependentRelyIndependent FilmLikelihood Author:Steven Shainberg
“Everybody can perform, there are so many outlets. Musicians are no longer limited. In the past, the record companies made most of the money. I for one am not sorry to see them fade away.” MadePastCompanyRecordsMusicianSorryFadesOutletsRecord CompaniesFade AwayNot Sorry Author:Jake Holmes
“As far as Paris goes, we don't know for sure yet how these guys communicate among themselves and how they communicated back to the ISIS leadership in Iraq and Syria, but I'm fairly confident we're going to learn they used these encrypted communication applications that have commercial encryption and are extremely difficult for companies to break - and which the companies have made the decision not to produce a key for.” KnowsMadeUsedGuyDifficultDecisionCompanyBreakProduceCommunicationKeysIraqCommunicateParisApplicationSyriaIsisEncryption Author:Michael Morell
“Companies made these decisions about encryption when they were finding it very difficult to sell their products overseas because the [Edward] Snowden disclosures created the impression that the U.S. government was inside this hardware and software produced by them. They needed to do something to deal with the perception.” MadeGovernmentDifficultDecisionDealsCompanyProductsNeededFindingsPerceptionSellsImpressionSoftwareHardwareDisclosureSnowdenEncryption Author:Michael Morell
“For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!” KindMadeDecisionCompanyLeaderAnalysis Author:Jeff Bezos
“That first company I started made a lot of money for the venture capitalists - nearly $30 million - but next to nothing for the founders. The companies I started after that varied between failures and mediocre successes. But at no point did I ever consider getting a 'real job.' That felt like a black and white world, and I wanted Technicolor.” WorldFirstsMadeRealWantedJobsNextFeltBlackWhiteCompanyMillionsCapitalistBlack And WhiteLots Of MoneyFoundersVentureMediocreNo PointReal JobsVenture Capitalists Author:Michael Arrington
“Do not ask the definition of a friend. He/She is that one without whose company death and dying set in earlier and living is made more pleasurable.” MadeAsksCompanyDyingDefinitionsDeath And Dying Book:Looking for a Friend Source: Looking for a Friend
“I bought a company in the mid-90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.” MadeGamesDecisionCompanyMillionsPaidShoesBillionsDumbZeroDumb Decisions Author:Warren Buffett
“As I have indicated some time ago, I intend to divest my shareholding when I leave the Club. In doing so, my overriding principle is that I shall do what I believe is best for the future of Celtic. I have also indicated my intention that my shareholding will be made available to be held broadly amongst the supporters and existing shareholders of the Club. I believe that this should produce the best structure of ownership for the Club and the Company.” ShouldBelieveMadeI BelieveCompanyPrinciplesProduceStructureIntentionClubsAvailableOwnershipSupporterShareholdersCeltic Author:Fergus McCann
“I ended up meeting this guy Stefan Simchowitz, who produced Requiem for a Dream and also went to AFI. I randomly met him in Cannes. By September of 2000, we had made a deal with this company that he was working with. They merged with us and in January of 2001, we opened WireImage. It was pretty crazy because I only started shooting celebrity stuff in 1998 - literally two and a half years later, I'm opening this company.” YearsMadeTwoDreamGuyStuffDealsHalfCompanyCrazyMetsMeetingsOpeningShootingSeptemberThis GuyJanuaryHalf A YearCannesRequiemRequiem For A Dream Author:Jeff Vespa