“When women do succeed, the press, even the industry press, spend far too much time talking about how we dress, what shoes we're wearing, who we're meant to be seeing. That's pretty sad for women, especially when it's written by women who really should know better.” KnowsShouldSuccessTalkingToo MuchWrittenSeeingIndustrySucceedDressesPressesShoesMeant To Be Author:Zaha Hadid
“When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the latter by starting their own labels, but in the age of digital downloads, it's very difficult to succeed.” PeopleAgeJobsDifficultLosesIndustrySucceedEntrepreneurStartingLabelsLatterDigitalMusic IndustryDownloads Author:Judd Apatow
“I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right.... People don't succeed by migrating to a "hot" industry (one word: dotcom) or by adopting a particular career-guiding mantra (remember "horizontal careers"?). They thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are--and connecting that to work that they truly love (and, in so doing, unleashing a productive and creative power that they never imagined).” PeopleShouldRememberCareersCreativeParticularIndustrySucceedHotConvincedProductiveThriveShould IBusiness SuccessConnectingOne WordMantrasAdoptingCreative PowerHorizontalUnleashing Author:Po Bronson
“The Noisiest buzz in the industry lately has been over the emerging use of cable TV systems to provide fast network data transmissions using a device called a cable modem. But the likelihood of this technology succeeding is zilch.” Has BeensUseTechnologyTvsIndustrySucceedDataDevicesCablesEmergingBuzzLikelihoodTransmissionCable Tv Author:John C. Dvorak
“We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.” TryingCountryWholeGovernmentEconomicDevelopmentIndustrySucceedProgramDetermineCorporateRangeEngagedRegionsFederal GovernmentEconomic Development Author:Stephen Harper
“The average woman is a size 14 but 'plus' models start at a size six. The industry wants you to feel bad about yourself, and they succeed. I find it to be disgusting.” WantFeelsIndustrySucceedSixModelsAverageSizePlusAbout YourselfDisgusting Author:Whitney Thompson
“There are now businesses and entire industries that exist solely as a result of federal patronage. Profiting from government instead of earning profits in the economy, such businesses can continue to succeed even if they are squandering resources and making products that people wouldn't ordinarily buy.” PeopleIfsGovernmentResultsEconomyProductsIndustrySucceedResourcesProfitEarningPatronageSquandering Author:Charles Koch
“For, besides, that many persons find too sensible an interest in perpetually recalling such topics; besides this, I say, the motive of blind despair can never reasonably have place in the sciences; since, however unsuccessful former attempts may have proved, there is still room to hope, that the industry, good fortune, or improved sagacity of succeeding generations may reach discoveries unknown to former ages.” MayPersonsStillsAgeInterestRoomsGenerationsIndustrySucceedDespairDiscoveryBlindFortuneFormerMotiveSensibleTopicsGood FortuneUnsuccessfulSagacity Book:An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Source: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
“If you look at the Company Register, maybe that's what we should say to that business consultant or analyst. If you look at the Company Register with the Department of Trade and Industry, one of the remarkable things that you will see over the last few years is, in fact, the growth of small and medium business, many of whom depend on these services to succeed.” IfsShouldYearsLooksFactsLastsGrowthCompanyDependsIndustrySucceedTradeMediumsDepartmentRemarkableRegisterAnalystsConsultants Author:Thabo Mbeki