“Those of us who believe in free markets and those of us who believe that in fact the whole goal of investment is entrepreneurship and job creation, we find it pretty hard to justify rich people figuring out clever legal ways to loot a company, leaving behind 1,700 families without a job.” PeopleWayBelieveHardWholeFactsJobsGoalBehindsCompanyRichCreationRepublicanInvestmentLeavingCleverEntrepreneurshipJustifyFree MarketRich PeopleJob Creation Author:Newt Gingrich
“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
“One of the nice things about being a private company is operating without the intensity of public glare. It's hard to grow a company under a microscope of constant second guessing.” HardGrowsCompanyNiceConstantIntensityNice ThingsGuessingMicroscopesGlareSecond Guessing Author:Sarah Lacy
“It's extremely hard to build a company with a product that everyone loves, is free and has no business model, and then to innovate a business model. I did that with Kazaa, had half a billion downloads but that wasn't a sustainable business.” HardLove IsHalfCompanyProductsModelsBillionsOne LoveDownloadsBusiness Models Author:Niklas Zennstrom
“I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get along with whatever record company you're dealing with. I don't want to be flaky. I don't want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.” WantHardCompanyRecordsMusicianCaughtVariousCaught UpMusic BusinessRecord Companies Author:Black Francis
“I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this, your fans want you to do this, your family, you can't concentrate on your work. It's a hard thing to be an artist and not give up. That's why I have so much respect for people like Dylan and Neil Young and Tom Waits, because they keep at it. I have a new respect for a true artist.” PeopleWantGivingHardYoungArtistWaitingDifficultCompanyRecordsFansGiving UpCompromiseOur FamilyWorking ItTomsNot Giving UpDylanHard ThingsRecord CompaniesTrue Artists Author:Robert Hilburn
“Maybe it's whiner's fatigue, but I'm getting tired of hearing about how hard it is to start a company and be a CEO. It's not that hard.” HardCompanyTiredHearingCeoFatigueGetting TiredWhiners Author:David Ulevitch
“Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.” PeopleHardRunningWinningCompanySuccessfulGrowingHigherExpectationsDelusionValleysIronicStakesSiliconSilicon Valley Author:David Ulevitch
“It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.” PeopleThinkingHardCompanySixBlueBillionsPlusJeansBlue Jeans Author:Steve Jobs
“It's hard to lose weight when you're dining on the company's money.” HardLosesCompanyWeightDiningLose Weight Author:Alan Kotok
“I never think I am successful. If I am successful, then I should be retired. If I am not retired, then that means I should still be working hard, keeping the company running.” IfsThinkingShouldMeanStillsHardRunningCompanySuccessfulRetired Author:Terry Gou
“Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.” MenHardEnoughPlayCompanyHard WorkConstantEmploymentLazinessQuestsDiversion Author:Jean de la Bruyere