“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
“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.” NeedsWellsHeartEnjoyInterestCompanyFairsTrue LoveWeatherCompanionAcquaintanceTrue FriendCaring For OthersPluckBest Interests At HeartGadfliesFair Weather Friend Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“In order to keep up with the criminals and to protect our national security, the solution is clear: we need legislation to ensure that telephone companies and other carriers provide law enforcement with access to this new technology.” NeedsLawOrderCompanyTechnologyClearSecurityInternetProtectSolutionsCriminalsAccessFree SpeechLegislationNational SecurityLaw EnforcementEnforcementTelephonesNew TechnologyCarrier Author:Louis J. Freeh
“Bet on black. Buy low-debt or no-debt companies. When the economy is in trouble, these companies usually have enough cash on hand to stay out of trouble. And they seldom need to borrow when interest rates are high.” NeedsEnoughHandsBlackInterestCompanyEconomyTroubleLowsRateDebtCashInterest Rate Author:Nancy Dunnan
“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
“Everybody needs to understand that policies are going to change to make it unprofitable if you wreck the planet, those companies that continue exploring and developing fossil fuel resources for which there is no safe use are going to pay a very heavy cost for that.” IfsNeedsUseChangePayCompanyPolicyPlanetsCostSafeResourcesHeavyDevelopingFuelExploringFossilsWrecksFossil Fuel Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“Women age more in company because they have more relationships. Men have buddies. They have acquaintances, they have comrades. Friends as women have, the friends that of the soul that you share everything, that you witness each other's lives, that you talk their, your, heart out, that you cry with, that you ask money when you need, that.” MenNeedsHeartSoulAgeAsksCompanyShareCryWitnessAcquaintanceBuddyComrade Author:Isabel Allende
“Fans decide what pop culture is. We can define ourselves. Music and the presentation of art nowadays is totally in our control, with the Internet specifically. You no longer need record labels. You no longer need movie distribution companies. You can just make it and put it online, and it will distribute itself to millions of people. The borders and everything have been broken down. It really is in the hands of the people.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensArtHandsCultureCompanyMillionsRecordsFansBrokenInternetPopsLabelsBordersOnlineDistributionPop CulturePresentationRecord LabelsBroken Down Author:Laura Jane Grace
“Most companies, 97 percent or more, put all their focus on clever advertising and clever taglines to get people to buy average or mediocre products. You need to back off and offer a really good product or service.” PeopleNeedsCompanyFocusProductsOffersPercentAverageCleverAdvertisingMediocreTaglines Author:Brian Tracy
“The climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign oil. As long as we need to spend billions of dollars each year to buy foreign oil from state-run oil companies in the Persian Gulf, our problems of a trade deficit, a budget deficit and a climate crisis will persist.” NeedsYearsLongStatesProblemRunningCausesCompanyShareSecurityCrisisTradeDollarsClimateFinancialConnectedOilBillionsAbsurdBudgetsUsaPersistNational SecurityDeficitDependencyPersianOil CompaniesForeign OilBudget DeficitPersian Gulf Author:Al Gore
“I'd like to work with some of the videogame companies for the simple fact that they obviously need some sort of writer's help. I play videogames, and lately it's hard for me to enjoy them because I'm spending all my time cringing at the corny dialogue, thin characters, and glaring plot holes.” NeedsHardPlayCharacterFactsHelpingEnjoySimpleCompanySpendingHolesDialogueMy TimePlotCornyVideogame Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally. It really seems to be helping.” ThinkingNeedsMadeHelpingSeemsCompanyStepsBabyBaby Steps Author:Ratan Tata
“The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.” NeedsCompanyMachinesExecution Author:Sam Altman
“You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.” PeopleNeedsDoeStillsMovingCultureQualityCompanyStandardsHigh Quality Author:Sam Altman
“Founders need to figure out what the message of the company is going to be.” NeedsCompanyFiguresMessagesFounders Author:Sam Altman
“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
“You need to simplify the value proposition in the company's metrics for success on a whiteboard.” NeedsValuesCompanyPropositionsSimplifyMetrics Author:Keith Rabois
“Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.” NeedsBelieveEffortCompanyExampleDon't Believe Author:Keith Rabois
“Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn't match... them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That's the #1 reason this fails. And that's generally a good place to start: Here's where we are and here's what I didn't recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.” NeedsMadeReasonEnoughJobsProcessDecisionMistakeCompanyFailingManagementHiringGood PlaceIt Is What It Is Author:Ben Horowitz
“Before you can create a strategy, you need a vision of the company. Before you set that vision for the future, you have to understand your current position in the market as well as your limitations.” NeedsWellsCompanyVisionPositionStrategyCurrentsLimitation Author:Stan Shih
“In almost any change there is 20 - 60 - 20. 20% are doing the change and we need to stay out of their way. 20% will never get there (a large percent still go into banks to see tellers vs. ATMs). 60% are in the middle. I think you will always find some companies where the head of HR is not a member of senior management team (bottom 20% and some companies where she or he has always been (top 20%).” ThinkingWayNeedsStillsCompanyTeamMiddleMembersPercentManagementBottomSeniorAtmSenior Management Author:Dave Ulrich
“Governments can can send inspectors to companies. Governments can put legal requirements in place to disclose information that consumers and workers and other interested people need. Non-governmental organizations don't have that legal power and to me, that's what imposes substantial limitiations on how far we can go with trying to keep corporations accountable though non-governmental measures.” PeopleNeedsTryingGovernmentBusinessCompanyInformationOrganizationWorkersConsumersCorporationsRequirementsInspectors Author:Joel Bakan
“Growth isn't central at all, because I'm trying to run this company as if it's going to be here a hundred years from now. And if you take where we are today and add 15% growth, like public companies need to have for their stock to stay up in value, I'd be a multi-trillion-dollar company in 40 years. Which is impossible, of course.” IfsNeedsTryingYearsRunningTodayValuesCoursesGrowthBusinessCompanyImpossibleHundredDollarsAdd Author:Yvon Chouinard
“There are three processes every company has to have: Somehow you've got to set strategies; you've got to have a budget, so you need an annual operating plan; and somehow you've got to do succession and people planning.” PeopleNeedsThreeProcessCompanyPlansStrategyPlanningBudgetsSuccessionAnnuals Author:Noel Tichy
“There does need to be a speed-up of the process.It takes entirely too long to addres5 some of those concerns and, in the process, it becomes so extremely expensive and cumbersome that it tends to turn away those people and companies that want to provide much needed housing.” PeopleWantNeedsLongDoeTurnsProcessCompanyNeededConcernSpeedExpensiveHousing Author:George Deukmejian
“While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try to spend most of my time doing whatever the companies we are investors in need me to do.” NeedsFeelsTryingCompanyStageMy TimeMakersInvestorsCapitalistVentureConferencesVenture CapitalistsConference Calls Author:Brad Feld
“My visitors say they noticed perfumes from different companies in my fridge, and ask what I need these for. I explain that they are mainly there as historical benchmarks of quality, below which I must not and would not want to fall.” WantNeedsDifferentFallAsksQualityCompanyHistoricalPerfumeFragranceVisitorsFridges Author:Jean-Claude Ellena
“I was very inventive. I lived in my own world - my dad said I was a loner. Not lonely, just happy in my own company. It's the same now. I need time alone, which is maybe why I love to write. Having said that, I love the sociability of telly. It's a nice contrast.” WorldNeedsWritingSaidMy OwnCompanyNiceDadLonelyMy DadContrastMe AloneLonerTime Of NeedAlone TimeSociabilityMy Own WorldI Need Time Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“To set aside one’s prejudices, one’s present needs, and one’s own self interest in making a decision as a director for a company is an intellectual exercise that takes constant practice. In short, intellectual honesty is a journey and not a destination.” NeedsSelfInterestDecisionCompanyPracticeJourneyHonestyExerciseDirectorsIntellectualPrejudiceConstantDestinationSelf InterestIntellectual Honesty Author:Mervyn King
“If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates the pearl.” IfsWantNeedsLittlesCompanyCreativitySandPearlsOystersContamination Author:Fred Wilson
“If a company is distributing images and video then obviously they need bandwidth solutions. But if they are looking to the mass market then they must develop WAP sites.” IfsNeedsCompanyMassSolutionsVideoSiteBandwidth Author:Jack London
“A crowd is not necessarily company, but neither need it necessarily prevent thought or disturb peace of mind.” NeedsMindCompanyCrowdsPeace Of Mind Book:On Peace and Happiness Source: On Peace and Happiness
“I don't get particularly precious about things like this, though. Like the record company said, "We need a radio edit that delivers the hook" - I don't even know what they consider the hook in that song ["Oh No"] - "that delivers the hook sooner." So I'm like, "Okay. I see that." And they were all walking on eggshells, like is this going to be sacrilegious to me or something, to mess with this art I've created? And I'm like, "Great. I get to tinker with it, I get to mess with my song some more."” KnowsNeedsArtSaidSongCompanyRecordsWalkingOkayRadioMessHookEditsRecord CompaniesSacrilegiousEggshellsWalking On Eggshells Author:Andrew Bird
“I have to have the sensibility to keep Versace company in good shape because there are so many people working for it, and we need to have the company grow and also be relevant. So I work very hard for all that to happen, and I wish people would know me for that and be satisfied.” PeopleKnowsNeedsHardHappensWishGrowsCompanyShapesSatisfiedRelevantKnow MeSensibilityVersace Author:Nicki Minaj
“But just [proposing the standard] puts companies on notice that if you're looking to construct a new natural-gas or coal facility, you really need to pay attention to these. This is what they should be designing new facilities toward as soon as this proposal hits the streets.” IfsNeedsShouldNaturalPayAttentionCompanyStreetsDesignStandardsPay AttentionGasCoalConstructsProposalFacilityNatural Gas Author:Gina McCarthy
“Artists have so much more control of their futures - they don't need to rely so much on major labels or big companies to help them. You have artists like Skrillex that can dominate so much that he gets 5 Grammy nominees, and he's clearly an underground artist.” NeedsHelpingBigsArtistCompanyMajorsLabelsRelyGrammyBig Companies Author:Steve Aoki
“If insurance companies paid for lifestyle-management classes, they would save huge sums of money. We need to see that alternative medicine is now mainstream.” IfsNeedsCompanyClassHugePaidManagementMedicineLifestyleAlternativesMainstreamInsurance CompaniesAlternative Medicine Author:Deepak Chopra
“I am certain that we do not need quotas for women, especially not in a time when we have a growing shortage of qualified workers. Companies are already asking head hunters to find women for top positions.” NeedsCertainCompanyGrowingPositionAskingWorkersHuntersQualifiedShortageQuota Author:Kristina Schroder
“Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.” PeopleNeedsStillsHelpingGovernmentSchoolYoungCompanyEconomyStudentsSucceedSkillsSummerTrainingGainsAdvantageProgramCommittedEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Brad Duguid
“A person at an eminent position does not need money. A chairman of a big company or something like that, I can’t buy him and the country does not have enough money to ‘buy’ him.” NeedsPersonsDoeI CanCountryEnoughBigsCompanyPositionChairmanBig CompaniesNeed Money Author:Arnon Milchan
“There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are really good at one can build a pretty foundational company. Most people who are very successful are good at two. But Jack is the only person in the Valley I've met who's all three. He's a first-rate strategist, a first-rate designer, and a first-rate technologist.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsPersonsTwoThreeCompanyTechnologySuccessfulDesignMetsRateDesignerValleysFoundersCeoThree ThingsStrategist Author:Keith Rabois
“Evil Dead" needs a very specific home. Movies are mostly unrated, but on television who the heck was doing that stuff? And now the doors opened a little bit with companies like Starz. They were the only suitor that was going to let us have content that was unrestricted.” NeedsLittlesHomeEvilStuffBitsCompanyDoorsTelevisionLittle BitSuitorsEvil Dead Author:Bruce Campbell
“All companies have a culture, some companies have discipline, but few companies have a culture of discipline. When you have disciplined people, you don't need hierarchy. When you have disciplined thought, you don't need bureaucracy. When you have disciplined action, you don' t need excessive controls. When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great performance.” PeopleNeedsActionCultureCompanyDisciplineEthicsPerformancesEntrepreneurshipBureaucracyHierarchyAlchemyGreat Performance Author:James C. Collins
“Toronto's likable, but it could be a lot more, as I think Montreal is, lovable. What we need more than anything, I think, is a great pedestrian promenade. Pick a busy streetscape, close it to cars forever, and it will fill with people enjoying nothing more than the pleasure of their own company.” PeopleThinkingNeedsEnjoyPleasureCompanyForeverCarPicksBusyTorontoLovablePedestriansMontrealPromenade Author:Andy Barrie
“Government should have drones. Industries, companies can have drones. Everyone else doesn't need drones. It's just going to create mischief. They are going to be crashing the planes, they're going to be spying on neighbors. People don't need drones.” PeopleNeedsShouldGovernmentCompanyIndustryShould HaveNeighborPlanesMischiefDrones Author:Gary B Smith
“True happiness is impossible without solitude.... I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company.” NeedsMayChildrenLittlesSoulLeftSoundCompanyImpossibleDrinkSolitudeLaughterMy SoulTrue HappinessFiltersLeft AloneExtravagantGood CompanyFood And Drink Author:Sophia Loren
“I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had the research labs. We've always had the resources to be innovative, and we've been innovative in a number of businesses. But, in any big company, you have to constantly push people to look at markets and customers, rather than look internally at themselves.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksBigsNumbersCompanyFocusResearchResourcesCustomersMindsetConsistentInnovativeLabsBig Companies Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt
“It's like athletes: To be a great company you need great competitors...It's what keeps you alive and keeps you honest.” NeedsCompanyAliveHonestAthleteCompetitorsGreat Company Author:Craig R. Barrett
“One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'” PeopleNeedsCultureTermWalksCompanyOne ThingHallsFrontiersMicrosoftUsability Author:Bill Gates
“Remember that in 1993 a company with a bad Web site needed an engineer. Today, a company with a bad Web site needs a psychiatrist.” NeedsTodayRememberCompanyNeededEngineersSitePsychiatrist Author:Philip Greenspun