“Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingWellsArtistCompanyCreativeFieldsSucceedPicksIndependentEntrepreneurMedicalEmployeePaychecksOperatorsMedical Insurance Author:Steven Pressfield
“I'm in the middle of just trying to impress my nieces, who think I work for the bus company because they saw a picture of me on a bus. I did an independent movie with Mark Pellington (I Melt with You), and then tried to impress my nieces again, by starring opposite Miley Cyrus (in So Undercover). So, basically I'm just trying to get some respect from my family.” ThinkingTryingCompanySawsMiddleMy FamilyOppositesMarkIndependentBusImpressNieceUndercoverMy NieceMiley Author:Jeremy Piven
“Industry suffers from the managerial dogma that for the sake of stability and continuity, the company should be independent of the competence of individual employees.” ShouldMotivationalSufferingIndividualCompanyIndustryIndependentSakeEmployeeStabilityDogmaCompetenceContinuity Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“My parents had an independent theater company here in Sweden during the 1980s, so I was raised watching my parents create independently, having a lot of fun and just doing what they wanted to do. I think that idea of independence as an artist was something I was always used to. And then I entered the industry from a very commercial perspective, and things were very different then from what I grew up with.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentWantedUsedArtistFunParentCompanyPerspectiveGrewIndustryGrew UpTheaterIndependentIndependenceRaisedSweden Author:Robyn
“Digital technology has eaten classic radio as we know it. Independent stations with disc jockeys who chose their own music have all gone; it's these huge parent companies that own a hundred stations and then decide what we should hear.” KnowsShouldParentCompanyTechnologyGoneHugeHundredIndependentRadioClassicDigitalStationsDiscsJockeysDigital Technology Author:Joe Walsh
“The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.” FirstsMadeJobsFilmDecisionCompanyNew YorkFirst TimeIndependentAcidIndependent Film Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“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
“I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.” MadeFilmStarsCompanyMaterialsIndependentRelyIndependent FilmLikelihood Author:Steven Shainberg
“A director who gets $150,000 per year from a company and needs the money is not independent.” NeedsYearsCompanyDirectorsIndependent Author:Charlie Munger
“The stronger the culture, the less corporate process a company needs. When the culture is strong, you can trust everyone to do the right thing. People can be independent and autonomous. They can be entrepreneurial.” PeopleNeedsCultureStrongProcessCompanyStrongerIndependentCorporateRight ThingEntrepreneurialAutonomous Author:Brian Chesky
“Now the cigarette companies claim that they don't do that [ pay to have their product advertised in movies ] anymore, although it certainly makes you wonder a bit when an independent production like "In The Bedroom", you know, seems to focus constantly on Marlboros and almost it turns into a Marlboro ad, whether there was any money exchanged.” KnowsSeemsTurnsBitsPayCompanyWonderFocusProductsClaimsIndependentProductionsAdsCigaretteBedroom Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Another thing I've observed is how critical the role of the CEO is when a technology truly is disruptive. In looking back on companies that have successfully launched independent disruptive business units, the CEO always had a foot in both camps. Never have they succeeded when they spin something off in order to get it off the CEO's agenda. The CEOs that did this had extraordinary personal self-confidence, and almost always they were the founders of the companies.” SelfOrderCompanyRolesTechnologyFeetIndependentExtraordinaryCriticalSelf ConfidenceAgendasCampsFoundersLooking BackUnitsCeoDisruptive Author:Clayton Christensen
“The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as large as their shooting budgets.” ProblemFilmCompanyHugeHollywoodIndependentAdvertisingShootingBudgetsFilmmakerPromotionHollywood Films Author:Robert Kane Pappas
“The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big studios, EMI and all the record companies - and just doing it themselves, online, selling their stuff, getting known through that medium.” BigsSeemsStuffCompanyKnownRecordsInternetBandIndependentStudiosSellingMediumsThese DaysOnlineRecord Companies Author:David Gilmour
“Now the Japanese companies are more focused on that. To have two independent directors - I think it's good to have outside people look at you and think of what you could be doing better. Those are voluntary, but most of the companies told me they're going to do it. And I think it's good for them to say our returns on equity, for example, should be higher. Also, I think some could be more ambitious.” PeopleThinkingShouldLooksTwoCompanyExampleReturnHigherDirectorsIndependentFocusedAmbitiousEquity Author:Jamie Dimon
“I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices.” ShouldLooksUseAbleChoicesCompanyInternetPicksIndependentDevicesApplication Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.” PersonsHouseWhiteCompanyNewsIndependentHillsWhite HouseFormulasCapitolContractorCapitol Hill Author:Bob Schieffer
“While many have been left behind by Part D, there is a clear winner: the drug industry. Independent analysts predict that Part D will increase drug industry profits by $139 billion over the next eight years. Glaxo-SmithKline's second-quarter net income already jumped 14 percent, and other leading drug companies also have benefited.” YearsHas BeensNextLeftBehindsCompanyClearIndustryDrugPercentIncreaseIndependentProfitEightBillionsIncomeWinnerQuartersLeft BehindAnalystsDrug Companies Author:Louise Slaughter
“You have more independent eyes scrutinizing the decision-making and financial statements of companies.” EyeDecisionCompanyIndependentFinancialStatementsDecision MakingIndependent WomenFinancial Statements Author:Steve Odland
“I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group's investments in industries such as steel, textiles, power and hotels were certainly driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, but they were driven even more, I think, by a desire to make India self-sufficient and independent of its colonial masters then.” ThinkingSelfSpiritDesireGrowthCompanyEconomyHappenedGroupsMastersIndustryIndiaIndependentIndependenceEntrepreneurInvestmentDrivenErasIndianSufficientContributionHotelSteelEntrepreneurialSelf SufficientTextilesEntrepreneurial SpiritTata Author:Ratan Tata