“Well, well-run companies always have a focus on growth and the two lines, which includes profit. The key thing during, I think, tough times, is to make sure that you've covered the basis for when something, you know, essentially things taking longer, bad luck, adversity, other kinds of circumstances may occur. Make sure that you can monitor to win, it's potentially, you know, something is going to go wrong, monitor early enough, and then take appropriate action to essentially counteract that or shift your strategy or plan, even if in fact something is not working out as well as it is.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsKindMayTwoEnoughFactsRunningActionWinningGrowthLinesCompanyFocusPlansKeysCircumstancesToughBasesAdversityLuckStrategyProfitWork OutAppropriateCoveredTough TimesBad LuckKey Things Author:Reid Hoffman
“Times of economic crises can change what the competitive landscape looks like, because when, for example, you have boom times, capital is easy to come by, growth is easy, sometimes what you focus on is, you know, how to accelerate in the boom. During economic crises, the question is, the companies that come out of, you know, that are sailing through that with the best liquidity, both assets on the balance sheet, making money, ability to grow their businesses, get a disproportionate competitive advantage.” KnowsLooksSometimesGrowsEasyGrowthAbilityCompanyKnow HowFocusEconomicExampleBalanceAdvantageCrisisMaking MoneyLandscapeAssetsSheetsSailingAccelerateCompetitive AdvantageEconomic CrisisLiquidityBalance Sheets Author:Reid Hoffman
“I admire companies that have a purpose, passion, and performance. I am a fan of Unilever under its CEO Paul Polman, not only for the company's insights into women and men when they buy beauty products or skin products (the DOVE woman, the AXE man), but also as a company seeking to achieve both growth and practicing social responsibility.” MenPurposePassionSocialGrowthResponsibilityCompanyFansAchieveProductsMen And WomenSkinsPerformancesSeekingInsightAdmireCeoSocial ResponsibilityDoveBeauty Products Author:Philip Kotler
“When we talk about economic growth, we're not talking about bringing a bunch of companies in that can make a bunch of bucks and hope they spend 'em in our city. We're talking about creating jobs, creating new companies and then we move from there to talk about cooperatives which can become some of those jobs, some of the solidarity economy where we can begin to band together people so they'll understand that a job is not a single individual affair but a collective affair.” PeopleTogetherJobsMovingIndividualGrowthCitiesCompanyTalkingEconomyEconomicBandCreatingAffairBunchEmsCollectivesSolidarityEconomic GrowthBucksNot TalkingCooperativesCreating JobsNew Company Author:Chokwe Lumumba
“I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'” PeopleFeelsWellsLooksGrowthCompanyCareersGrowingTeamImpact Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“The growth of the company and the license that Starbucks has is to participate in other food and beverage opportunities. We have a global business... and in many parts of the world, tea is much, much bigger than coffee, and we're going to bring tea and bring our capability and our understanding of what we've done for coffee to tea.” WorldDoneOpportunityUnderstandingGrowthCompanyBiggerCoffeeTeaCapabilityLicenseStarbucksBeveragesGlobal Business Author:Howard Schultz