“I am surprised at all the people in the high-tech industry focused on "making money"... If that's all they want to do, they should have a $100 printing press in their basements and they will truly "make money." Instead, if we focus all that energy on innovation, we'll change the world for the best.” PeopleIfsWorldWantShouldEnergyFocusIndustryShould HaveInnovationPressesFocusedMaking MoneyChanging The WorldPrintingBasementsPrinting Press Author:Philippe Kahn
“There is a lot of money to be made from miseducation, from the easy to read easy to learn textbooks, workbooks, teacher manuals, educational games and visual aids. The textbook business is more than a billion-dollar-a-year industry and some of its biggest profits come from 'audio-visual aids' - flash cards, tape cassettes, and filmstrips. No wonder the education industry encourages schools to focus on surface education.” YearsMadeSchoolGamesEasyEducationWonderFocusTeacherIndustryDollarsProfitEducationalSurfaceAidsBillionsCardsVisualsTapeFlashLots Of MoneyTextbooksManualsAudioCassettesAudio Visual Book:Marva Collins Way Source: Marva Collins Way
“The whole awards thing is great. Why? Because the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards, they put a focus on the industry, and that focus translates into people buying tickets to see movies or download films, legitimately download them. And it keeps us all at work. So I'm a big fan of award shows.” PeopleWholeShowsBigsFilmFocusFansIndustryGoldenBuyingAwardsTranslateGlobesTicketsAcademyDownloadsAcademy AwardsAward Shows Author:Liam Neeson
“The same applies to the music and film industries. Until the heads of the labels start wanting to make money rather than creating controversy, tension, and excuses about why piracy is making the job so hard that no one could do it but them - and oh by the way, they need a raise to really focus in on the fight - the music industry is going to have a very tough time of it.” WayNeedsHardJobsFilmFightingFocusIndustryCreatingToughRaisesExcuseLabelsMaking MoneyTensionControversyTough TimesMusic IndustryFilm IndustryPiracy Author:Mark Cuban
“Im not a part of the glamour industry. I would like to focus on my game, and there are minimal chances of me getting into films.” FilmGamesChanceFocusIndustryGlamour Author:Sania Mirza
“While the focus in the landscape of Old World cities was commonly government structures, churches, or the residences of rulers, the landscape and the skyline of American cities have boasted their hotels, department stores, office buildings, apartments, and skyscrapers. In this grandeur, Americans have expressed their Booster Pride, their hopes for visitors and new settlers, and customers, for thriving commerce and industry.” WorldGovernmentChurchCitiesFocusBuildingPrideIndustryOfficeStructureCustomersStoresLandscapeDepartmentHotelRulersCommerceApartmentGrandeurVisitorsOld WorldSkyscraperResidenceSettlersAmerican CitiesDepartment StoresSkylinesOffice Buildings Author:Daniel J. Boorstin
“I think that the entertainment industry and the entertainment press tends to focus on opening weekend box office as a measure of the success of a film and I think the true success is out there in people's homes and how much they absolutely love these characters.” PeopleThinkingCharacterHomeFilmFocusIndustryOfficePressesBoxesEntertainmentOpeningWeekendEntertainment IndustryBox OfficeTrue Success Author:John Lasseter
“We use similar products. Our focus industry is healthcare and hospitality. But we haven?t done anything interactive. The first day full of seminars is full of things I thought would be useful: quick service restaurant and mobile phone applications. Businesses are providing more services and products by self-service means.” FirstsMeanSelfDoneUseHumorWould BeFunnyFocusHavensProductsIndustryPhonesRestaurantsApplicationHealthcareProvidingHospitalityMobileMobile PhonesInteractiveSeminarsSelf Service Author:Milton Jones
“When the natural gas industry was knocking on my door, they were knocking on the door of millions of people. And that became something that Americans really needed to focus on.” PeopleNaturalMillionsFocusDoorsIndustryNeededGasKnockingNatural Gas Author:Josh Fox
“The industry should take comfort in knowing that WinStar is my main focus after my faith and family.” ShouldKnowingFocusIndustryComfortFaith And Family Author:Kenny Troutt
“The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is cool but difficult to achieve rather than trying to find solutions to actual human problems. Technology can be extremely expensive if you don't focus.” PeopleIfsTryingHumansLongReasonProblemMovingDifficultTechnologyTakenFocusAchieveIndustrySolutionsMoving ForwardExpensiveKeep TryingRoboticsHuman Problems Author:Colin Angle
“What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed.” WayYearsGrowsFocusMonthsIndustryInnovationCustomersSpeedMature Author:Jack Welch
“Acting is a very strange industry in that it flows in these weird ways, I'll be so busy for 6 months and then nothing for a couple months, so it's hard for me to focus and stuff.” WayHardStuffActingFocusStrangeMonthsIndustryCoupleFlowBusy Author:Alia Shawkat
“It's not easy to remember, but IBM was the computer industry when I was growing up. You loved 'em. You hated 'em. You knew what they were doing. They had set a standard for mainframes. They also set a standard for great sales focus and heavy product R & D.” RememberEasyGrowing UpFocusGrowingProductsIndustryComputerStandardsHeavyHatedEmsIbmGreat SalesMainframe Author:Bill Gates
“Environmentally, business in America in 1970 was very similar to business in China today. Even if a CEO wanted to be a responsible corporate citizen, he (and they were all "he's" then) simply couldn't invest a billion dollars in pollution controls to produce a product that was indistinguishable from those of his competitors. His products would be priced out of the market. Passing laws that created a clean, level playing field for whole industries had to be a core focus of the 1970s.” IfsWholeWould BeTodayWantedAmericaLawLevelsFocusFieldsProduceProductsIndustryCitizensResponsibleDollarsCleanChinaBillionsCorePassingPassingsCorporatePollutionCeoCompetitorsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldPollution ControlPassing Laws Author:Denis Hayes
“Is there deeply embedded change within our industry? And I would say, as a black filmmaker, it's easy for me to focus my attention on black work, but true change would include brown work, and it would include work by Asian-Americans, and it would include natives, and it would include women, and it would include more LGBTQ voices.” EasyBlackVoiceAttentionFocusIndustryFilmmakerBrownAsianEmbeddedAsian American Author:Ava DuVernay
“If we look at Germany's infrastructure policy, it has been driven by its mission-oriented focus on green infrastructure. This affects both innovation and infrastructure, old industries and new. The German steel industry, for example, has adapted to the policy by lowering its material content through a 'repurpose, reuse and recycle' strategy.” IfsLooksHas BeensFocusPolicyExampleMaterialsIndustryInnovationGreenStrategyMissionsDrivenGermanySteelInfrastructureAdaptedReuseSteel Industry Author:Mariana Mazzucato