“All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.” PeopleNeedsMadeIdeasMomentsMistakeCompanySmartInvestorsUnworthySmart PeopleVery Smart Author:Michael Moritz
“If you look at the economics of Nokia roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business is focused on those emerging markets and on those lower-priced devices. But, of course, people who are aspirational and buying those lower-priced devices today are looking at smart phones tomorrow, and so forth.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTodayCoursesHalfCompanyTomorrowSmartEconomicsPhonesFocusedBuyingDevicesEmergingNokiaEmerging Markets Author:Stephen Elop
“We are delighted that these regulations are now law, and we commend the provincial government for helping put the issue on the front burner. These requirements will push more companies to have the conversations they should be having around board and executive committee diversity and, hopefully, their talent development. Businesses need to tap the full pool of smart, talented people to stay competitive and strengthen our country’s economic future.” PeopleNeedsShouldCountryHelpingGovernmentLawCompanyIssuesEconomicTalentFrontsDevelopmentConversationDiversitySmartOur CountryHopefullyBoardsExecutivesPoolRegulationCommitteesRequirementsDelighted Author:Alex Johnston
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“I wanted to do the comic strip. I tried to get it syndicated, and I sent some examples to a syndication company, and they sent me a rejection letter! I wasn't smart enough at the time to realize you shouldn't let rejection letters stop you. I thought that rejection letter meant I was not allowed to be a cartoonist in this world, so I put the rejection letter down and said, well, I'll be a stand-up comedian.” WorldWellsSaidEnoughWantedRealizingCompanyExampleThis WorldSmartLettersDown AndComicComedianRejectionCartoonistComic StripsStand Up ComedianRejection Letters Author:Brian Regan
“In the new conditions created by the global economy, the information revolution and the growth of smart technologies, it is more necessary than ever for all companies to be guided by their rich spiritual inheritance, as spiritual enterprises.” SpiritualGrowthCompanyTechnologyEconomyRichConditionsInformationRevolutionSmartEnterpriseInheritanceGlobal Economy Author:Ted Malloch
“Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.” PeopleProblemCompanySmartHungerCompetitivenessReally SmartProblem SolversSales People Author:Ben Horowitz
“When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.” IfsWantGivingYearsUseDreamBigsJobsNextCompanyStupidFiguresSmartLaysWhat You WantPursuePanicSalaryBig CompaniesYou Re Stupid Author:Bruce Schneier
“The facts are in: diverse companies and teams consistently outperform all others. It's not only the smart thing and the right thing, it makes getting the job done much more interesting.” DoneFactsJobsInterestingCompanyTeamDiversitySmartRight ThingDiverseConsistently Author:Marilyn C. Nelson
“People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time goes on.” PeopleCompanyRolesTeamGoes OnSmartNew ThingsReally SmartTime Goes On Author:Sam Altman
“The world is a big place. There are lots of smart people in it. Entrepreneurs are kidding themselves if they think they have any kind of monopoly on knowledge. And, sure as I'm a Macintosh user, on the same day that an entrepreneur tells this lie, the venture capitalist will have met with another company that's doing the same thing.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldKindBigsLyingCompanyMetsSmartEntrepreneurArroganceCapitalistUsersVentureMonopolySmart PeopleMacintoshVenture Capitalists Author:Guy Kawasaki