“I've always said I'm not the kind of designer who likes to lock himself away in a studio and let the rest of the company deal with it. I work very closely with everyone on the team.” KindSaidDealsCompanyTeamStudiosLikesDesignerLocks Author:Alexander Wang
“There's nothing more invigorating than being deeply involved with a small company and a young team of founders out to do something incredibly special.” YoungCompanyTeamSpecialInvolvedFoundersInvigorating Author:Michael Moritz
“I'm really not for famous people who design a line for a company, when you know it's not really them creating it but a team of designers, especially when there are so many talented people who've taken the time to go and study fashion.” PeopleKnowsLinesCompanyStudyTakenTeamFashionDesignCreatingDesigner Author:Bonnie Wright
“The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.” SelfSecretCompanyCareersPathPlayerTeamMembersAchievementDirectEntrepreneurMeaningfulSoccerFulfillmentExecutivesPerformersGreat TeamSoccer PlayerTeam MemberSelf Fulfillment Author:Maynard Webb
“We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. We could be sitting in a monastery somewhere in Japan. We could be out sailing. Some of the team could be playing golf. They could be running other companies. And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it. And we think it is.” ThinkingKnowsShouldRunningLife IsDiesChanceCompanyCreativityOur LivesTeamSittingGolfChosenExcellentDamnJapanWorth ItSailingPlaying GolfMonasteriesDamn Good Author:Steve Jobs
“You're missing it. This is not a one-man show. What's reinvigorating this company is two things: One, there's a lot of really talented people in this company who listened to the world tell them they were losers for a couple of years, and some of them were on the verge of starting to believe it themselves. But they're not losers. What they didn't have was a good set of coaches, a good plan. A good senior management team. But they have that now.” PeopleMenWorldYearsBelieveTwoShowsBusinessCompanyPlansTeamMissingCoupleManagementStartingCoachesTwo ThingsOne ManLoserSeniorVergeMissing ItSenior Management Author:Steve Jobs
“More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.” DifferentCultureCompanyTeamPlanetsManagersDividedDifferent Cultures Author:Carlos Ghosn
“At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time.” HelpingSportsProcessCompanyRiskTeamDesignCostProjectsConstructionInherentClientsConsulting Author:Roger Staubach
“Being part of a team helped me so much. I know the fact that there was a man in the room with me all those years made the medicine go down. I had made the companies money. I didn't have to start, like a lot of women, from ground zero. My path was not the same as a woman starting out by herself.” KnowsMenYearsMadeFactsRoomsCompanyPathTeamMedicineStartingZeroStarting OutGround Zero Author:Nancy Meyers
“When you're building a company, you need to continually strengthen every component - finance, strategic partnerships, executive team, and relationships with every last constituency.” NeedsLastsCompanyTeamBuildingFinanceExecutivesPartnershipComponentsStrategic Author:Michael J. Saylor
“When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.” NeedsHeartRunningMovingCompanyLeaderVisionTeamMy Heart Author:Anna Wintour
“If you manage a team of 10 people, its quite possible to do so with very few mistakes or bad behaviors. If you manage an organization of 1,000 people it is quite impossible. At a certain size, your company will do things that are so bad that you never imagined that youd be associated with that kind of incompetence.” PeopleIfsKindCertainMistakeCompanyImpossibleTeamBehaviorOrganizationSizeManageIncompetenceBad Behavior Author:Ben Horowitz
“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
“Trust is a competency. It's something you can get good at. It's a strength you personally, and your team and your company can master. Being good at it will elevate every other strength you have.” CompanyTeamMastersBe GoodCompetencies Author:Stephen Covey
“People don't realize how much the food industry has infiltrated all aspects of our children's lived experience, including their experience at school. There are sponsored curricula by food companies, they're also in our schools with logos sponsoring sports teams.” PeopleChildrenSchoolSportsRealizingCompanyTeamIndustryAspectOur ChildrenIncludingLogosSports TeamFood Industry Author:Anna Lappe
“We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful.” DoneCompanySuccessfulTeamGoes OnBeing SuccessfulNew ThingsThings Done Author:Sam Altman
“Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.” ImportantCompanyTeam Author:Sam Altman
“If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.” IfsThinkingKnowsNextInterestingCompanyTeamCollegeBest Things Author:Sam Altman
“... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders.” TwoCompanyTeamTwentiesValuableFounders Author:Sam Altman
“Many of the best YC companies have had phenomenally small number of employees for their first year, sometimes none besides the founders.” YearsFirstsSometimesNumbersCompanyTeamEmployeeFoundersSmall Numbers Author:Sam Altman
“Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.” ShouldGoalCompanyTeamScales Author:Sam Altman
“Companies that I've been very involved with, that have had a very bad first hire in the first 3 or so employees never recover from it.” FirstsCompanyTeamInvolvedEmployee Author:Sam Altman
“... if you talk to say any of the first 40 or 50 employees, they all feel like they were a part of the founding of the company.” IfsFeelsFirstsCompanyTeamEmployeeFounding Author:Sam Altman
“If you compromise in the first five, ten hires it might kill the company.” IfsFirstsMightCompanyFiveTeamTenCompromise Author:Sam Altman
“... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.” ThinkingCompanyTeamToughBars Author:Sam Altman
“The best source by far for hiring is people that you already know and people that other employees in the company already know.” PeopleKnowsCompanyTeamSourceEmployeeHiring Author:Sam Altman
“Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first...at least 100 employees and often many more.” FirstsHas BeensCompanyTeamBuiltEmployeeGreat CompanyReferrals Author:Sam Altman
“I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.” ThinkingGivingShouldFirstsCompanyTeamAimEmployeeRough Author:Sam Altman
“Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.” PeopleThinkingRunningMy OwnCompanyTeamWorstFiring Author:Sam Altman
“... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee.” CompanyFireTeamEmployeeWorking It Author:Sam Altman
“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
“We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.” HardCompanyTeamFundFoundersEquity Author:Sam Altman
“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
“If your team is filled with people who work for the company, you'll soon be defeated by tribes of people who work for a cause.” PeopleIfsLifeCausesWorkCompanyTeamFilledDeceptionDefeatedTribesIcarus Author:Seth
“It's a completely independent atelier and company. We develop the prototypes here. There's a pattern maker, a sample maker, a commercial team, a head of sales, an in-house production team. That's the price of independence. And in the studio I work closely with Sarah-Linh on the collection, and Nao takes care of development.” CareHouseCompanyTeamDevelopmentIndependentIndependencePatternsProductionsStudiosTake CareCollectionsMakersSamplePrototype Author:Christophe Lemaitre
“The reason companies work is because you're able to get a lot of people doing the work; it's not because of this visionary. Steve Jobs didn't make Apple; it was a bunch of people. The building of the right team is an art in and of its own right.” PeopleArtReasonAbleJobsCompanyTeamBuildingBunchApplesWorking ItVisionaries Author:D.A. Wallach
“Intrapreneurs work and lead with the Producer mindset. They run their department, team, or company with an abundance mentality, an attachment to true principles, and a fearless and informed faith in people and quality.” PeopleRunningQualityCompanyPrinciplesTeamMindsetProducersFearlessAbundanceDepartmentAttachmentMentalityAbundance Mentality Author:Oliver DeMille