“In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.” RunningRealizingMoneyBusinessGoneTroubleInternetLateScaredLife ChangingToo LateFunny InspirationalSave YourselfSave NatureInternet BusinessRunning Scared Author:Bill Gates
“It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.” IfsWantInspirationalGivingI CanHardPassionMoneyBusinessCompanyBuildingInternetGiving UpLuck Author:Steve Jobs
“We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software - that's something we brought to computing. And so it's a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don't get in the way of that dream.” WayInspirationalIdeasWholeDreamMoneyBusinessResponsibilityTechnologySecurityCreationIndustryInternetMachinesResponsibleSoftwareCompatibleComputing Author:Bill Gates
“My take on the whole dot-com bubble was that a lot of people who wanted to make a lot of money got too excited and hyped up the commercial aspects of the Internet prematurely. I think the vision of the Internet as a democratizing medium - as everyone's printing press - is real. We got distracted from that by the mass hallucinations of the bubble.” PeopleThinkingRealWholeWantedMoneyBusinessVisionMediaInternetMassAspectPressesGreedExcitedMediumsBubblesLots Of MoneyDistractedPrintingDotsHallucinationsPrinting Press Author:Craig Newmark
“The Internet doesn't change everything. It doesn't change supply and demand. It doesn't magically allow you to build businesses by turning investors' money into operating expenses indefinitely. The money always runs out eventually.. the Internet doesn't change that, as we have seen.” RunningChangeMoneyInternetDemandInvestingExpensesInvestorsSupply And Demand Author:Andy Grove
“We have always tried to concentrate on the long term, and to place bets on technology we believe will have a significant impact over time. It's hard to imagine now, but when we started Google most people thought search was a solved problem and that there was no money to be made apart from some banner advertising. We felt the exact opposite: that search quality was very poor, and that awesome user experiences would clearly make money.” PeopleBelieveLongMadeHardProblemFeltTermPoorMoneyQualityTechnologyFocusImagineInternetOppositesImpactSignificantAdvertisingMaking MoneyLong TermUsersGoogleNo MoneyBannerUser ExperienceSolved Problems Author:Larry Page
“We're not in this for the fast money. Really, what we want is to be part of this industry.” WantMoneyIndustryInternetCommitment Author:David Filo