“I'm not the cool thing, and I'm not going to be the cool thing for a really long time, and it isn't like I'm not the cool thing and I sell 3,000,000 records every time. I'm not the cool thing, and I barely sell 150,000 records, if that, ever. So I'm obviously working really hard to sustain myself. I'm actually a target to be dropped, because that's just not enough records for a big company.” IfsLongHardEnoughBigsCompanyRecordsLong TimeSellsTargetCool ThingsReally LongBig CompaniesWorking Really Hard Author:Ryan Adams
“A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.” PeopleTryingYoungCompanyTroubleClothesFatsTargetSkinnyVanillaCool KidSkinny People Author:Mike Jeffries
“Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.” GivingMayImportantJobsCompanyManagementTargetEngineersImportant JobsDealing With It Author:Akio Morita
“Most companies target women as end users, but few are effectively utilizing female employees when it comes to innovating for female consumers. When women are empowered in the design and innovation process, the likelihood of success in the marketplace improves by 144%!” EndsProcessCompanyDesignFemaleInnovationConsumersEmployeeTargetUsersEmpoweredMarketplaceLikelihoodUtilizing Author:Indra Nooyi
“To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.” NeedsHomeStrongCompanySkillsSizeCombinationTargetSearsLowes Author:Edward Lampert
“To enter the maintsteam market is an act of aggression. The companies who have already established relationships with your target customer will resent your intrusion and do everything they can to shut you out.” CompanyCustomersTargetAggressionResentIntrusion Author:Geoffrey Moore