“I was actually a fruitarian at that point in time. I ate only fruit. Now I'm a garbage can like everyone else. And we were about three months late in filing a fictitious business name so I threatened to call the company Apple Computer unless someone suggested a more interesting name by five o'clock that day. Hoping to stimulate creativity. And it stuck. And that's why we're called Apple.” ThreeNamesInterestingBusinessCompanyCreativityFiveMonthsGeniusComputerLateFruitStuckClockApplesThreatenedGarbageThree MonthsFilingGarbage Cans Author:Steve Jobs
“I'm sure a lot of you had this experience when you're changing. You're growing as a person and people tend to treat you like you were 18 months ago, and it's really frustrating sometimes when you're growing up and you're more capable. It's the same thing with a company and the press. The press is going to have a lag time. The best thing we can do about the press is embrace them and do the best thing we can to educate them about our strategy. But to keep our eye on the prize, that is turning out some great products. the press and the stock prize will take care of themselves.” PeopleInspirationalPersonsSometimesEyeCareCan DoCompanyGrowing UpGrowingProductsLike YouMonthsCapableTreatsStrategyPressesEmbraceTake CareBest ThingsPrizeEducateFrustratingDo The BestLagEye On The PrizeGrowing As A Person Author:Steve Jobs
“One of the problems is that the notion of cancer has been so normalized. You hear about it so often, and it's not ok... it's not ok to normalize this disease. And with all of the pinkwashing that goes on where companies are selling products based on breast cancer month it's a lovely gesture, but consumers get so used to it that it becomes more normal.” Has BeensProblemUsedCompanyProductsMonthsGoes OnDiseaseNormalNotionCancerLovelySellingConsumersBreastsGesturesBreast CancerSelling Products Author:Jennifer Beals
“I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.” YearsLastsNextGrowthResultsCompanyEconomyFiveMonthsFinancialFive YearsRevenueMost AmazingPredictingPipelineLast Five YearsFinancial Results Author:Steve Ballmer
“I believe that in any initiative, you can't have a flavor of the month. When you believe something is profound in a company, you can not be a logical leader. You have to go to the lunatic fringe. There is no way that logic is what you need to change people.” PeopleWayNeedsBelieveI BelieveCompanyLeaderMonthsLogicProfoundLogicalInitiativeCan NotFlavorFringeLunaticNeed A ChangeYou Need To ChangeFlavor Of The Month Author:Jack Welch
“I took a job at the Walt Disney Company and after 18 months decided to go to business school at Harvard. I was awestruck by the campus. My first reaction was I dont belong here. Then I said, Im here; lets get on with it.” FirstsSaidSchoolJobsCompanyMonthsDecidedReactionsHarvardCampusWaltBusiness SchoolDisney CompanyAwestruckWalt Disney Company Author:Jason Kilar
“I remember my sense of shock some half-dozen years ago when I read a recommendation to sell shares of a company ... The recommendation was not based on any long-term fundamentals. Rather, it was that over the next six months the funds could be employed more profitably elsewhere.” YearsLongRememberNextTermHalfCompanyShareMonthsSixYears AgoFundamentalsSellsInvestingLong TermShockFundDozenElsewhereEmployedSix MonthsRecommendations Author:Philip Arthur Fisher
“It was months later when I was sitting at the board in my studio and my wife would stick her head in and say, "What if you did Pooh and...oh, we don't do that anymore." I do have my soapbox and will go to my grave being a Disney company man.” IfsMenCompanyWifeMonthsSittingSticksStudiosMy WifeGravesBoardsWhat IfDisney CompanySoapbox Author:Mike Royer
“Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market it under its own name...without legal restraints to such copying, companies like Apple could not afford to advance the state of the art.” IfsArtStatesNamesCompanyImagineMonthsDevelopmentComputerApplesCopiesSoftwareRestraintCopyingSoftware Development Author:Bill Gates
“I'm a grafter, I like working, but like for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the film company only paid me for the shooting schedule, which was supposed to last six months. But it lasted 11 months and you don't get paid for extra shooting.” LastsFilmCompanyCasesMonthsSixPaidCuriousShootingExtrasButtonsSchedulesSix MonthsBenjamin Button Author:Jason Flemyng
“I remember exiting the birth canal and suddenly I was in a film. But you are never really in charge of that. The movie came out about five or six months ago in America. It was Miramax in the States and Disney here [fakes falling asleep]. What happened. I love working for Disney, not Walt specifically because he couldn't be more dead, but the company is fantastic.” StatesAmericaRememberFilmFallCompanyFiveHappenedMonthsBirthSixFantasticFakeSix MonthsWaltCanalsFalling Asleep Author:Ryan Reynolds
“Several months ago, out of the blue, a company named "Cingular" started sending me bills. I had never heard of Cingular, and I honestly did not know what these bills were for, so I put them in the pile where I keep documents that I intend to scrutinize more carefully later on, after my death. Then I started seeing TV commercials for Cingular, but of course they did not make it clear what Cingular is, because the First Rule of Modern Advertising is: "Never reveal what you are advertising."” KnowsFirstsCoursesCompanyClearSeeingHeardModernTvsMonthsBlueBillsHonestlyAdvertisingDocumentsScrutinizeTv Commercial Author:Dave Barry
“I hate cosmetics companies. They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail polish and then, six months later, they discontinue it. You have to buy your favorite colors like you're storing up for the Apocalypse.” HatePerfectCompanyColorLike YouMonthsSixI HateNailsApocalypseSix MonthsPolishLipstickCosmeticsYour FavoriteNail PolishFavorite Color Author:Lisa Kudrow