“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with elegant solutions. [...] It's not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves digging through the depth of complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. [...] You have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order to be able to get rid of the parts that are not essential.” HardAbleOrderChallengesSimpleConsciousnessProductsHard WorkEssentialsSolutionsEssenceUltimateDepthSimplicityCome UpAbsenceComplexityElegantDiggingMinimalismClutterSophisticationReally DeepElegant Solutions Author:Steve Jobs
“It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.” IfsSaidFactsInterestingProductsMethodBillsCome UpGatesReally InterestingDecember Author:Merle Haggard
“My favorite word is clarity...clarity...clarity. And the critical clarity is what is the transformation that is going to take place in the customer's life or work when they buy and use your product? And how profound is that? How important is that? You know the old saying, "If you could come up with a cure for cancer you'd be a billionaire by the end of the week" because of that profound result.” IfsKnowsImportantEndsUseResultsWeekProductsTransformationProfoundMy FavoriteCancerCome UpCriticalCustomersCuresClarityBillionaireOld SayingFavorite Words Author:Brian Tracy
“It can be difficult to mediate a compromise between what I have in my head and what the musician has in mind, which is often 180° different when it comes to the finished product, so it requires that element of trust from somewhere. The point I make to them is "You've seen what I do, so just trust me and we will come up with something exciting."” MindDifferentDifficultProductsElementsMusicianExcitingCome UpFinishedCompromiseTrust Me Author:John Dyer Baizley
“You certainly can't be a perfect person, coming up with the 100% correct solution, all the time. It's just a combination of a chain of good decisions that comes up with a successful product or a successful film. That's what you hope for. But, nothing about the system is 100% fool proof.” PersonsFilmDecisionPerfectSuccessfulProductsFoolSolutionsCome UpProofChainsCombinationGood DecisionPerfect PersonFool Proof Author:Rick Heinrichs
“The "Be good" concept also comes up when we design our products. We want them to have positive social effects.” WantSocialEffectsDesignProductsConceptsCome UpBe Good Author:Larry Page
“To make a product, to market an idea, to come up with any problem you want to solve that doesn't have a constituency with an otaku, is almost impossible... There's a hot sauce otaku, but there's no mustard otaku.” WantIdeasProblemImpossibleProductsHotCome UpSolveSauceMustardHot SauceOtaku Author:Seth Godin
“If you come up with a new product, you can very easily track its contribution to the bottom line. But often the challenge can be both large and subtle.” IfsChallengesLinesProductsBottomTrackCome UpContributionSubtleBottom LineNew Products Author:John Kao