“One thing we seem to be missing is that just as we no longer search for the news, the news finds us today (e.g. this article found me) we will no longer search for products and services, rather we will look to our social graph to what products and services they like and don't like.” LooksSeemsTodayFoundSocialOne ThingMissingProductsNewsArticlesGraphs Author:Erik Qualman
“I love San Francisco, it's very hard to compete with San Francisco when it comes to availability of product, but one thing you can't replace about Las Vegas or Miami is people are walking in the door and they want to have a good time. They walk in, and this is the start of their good time.” PeopleWantHardWalksDoorsOne ThingProductsWalkingGood TimesSan FranciscoVegasHaving A Good TimeLas VegasMiamiAvailability Author:Michael Mina
“One thing the humanitarian world doesn't do well is marketing. As a journalist, I get pitched every day by companies that have new products. Meanwhile, you have issues like clean water, literacy for girls, female empowerment. People flinch at the idea of marketing these because marketing sounds like something only companies do.” PeopleWorldWellsIdeasGirlSoundWaterCompanyIssuesOne ThingProductsFemaleEmpowermentCleanMarketingHumanitarianJournalistLiteracyLike SomethingFemale EmpowermentClean WaterNew Products Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“So my advice to startups in this particular category is if you’re going to put your product in beta - put your business model in beta with it. Far too often we are too product focused and not business-model focused. That’s one thing I definitely would have done differently with JotSpot.” IfsDoneOne ThingAdviceParticularProductsModelsFocusedCategoriesBusiness ModelsBeta Author:Joe Kraus
“One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much leeway. The world is a lot more competitive than most people think, particularly in a high-technology area. If a company takes its eye off improving its products, if it tries to do anything that would be viewed as an exercise of power, it'll be displaced very rapidly.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldTryingWould BeEyeCompanyTechnologyOne ThingProductsExerciseAreasImprovingUnderestimateHigh Technology Author:Bill Gates
“From a writing standpoint, maybe television is a little more satisfying because it's not all hinging on one thing. You can experiment, week to week, and you can be a little narrower in your scope one week, and then be a little broader the next week. But with film, everything can look the way you want it to look. You can really sculpt the final product. So from a directorial standpoint, film is more satisfying. But, they're both forms of media that I'd like to keep involvement in.” WayWantWritingLooksLittlesFilmFormNextOne ThingWeekMediaTelevisionProductsFinalsExperimentsSatisfyingScopeInvolvementStandpointNext Week Author:Seth MacFarlane
“One thing that's great about having kids, especially given my career, is that it forces you out of your narcissism. I mean, I'm in a career where my product is me. So it was nice to have something, someone, come along and take the focus off me. I really needed to give myself some distractions from myself.” GivingMeanKidsGivenForceCareersFocusNiceOne ThingProductsNeededDistractionNarcissismHaving Kids Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“For one thing, there's an essential human factor in every business endeavor. It doesn't matter if you have a perfect product, production plan and marketing pitch; you'll still need the right people to lead and implement those plans.” PeopleIfsNeedsHumansStillsMatterPerfectPlansOne ThingProductsEssentialsMarketingProductionsFactorsEndeavor Author:Bill Gates
“People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product or service, learning from you) makes them feel.” PeopleWayFeelsOne ThingProductsDatingBuyingEngagementHiring Author:Seth Godin
“And as a stand-up comic, that's the one thing I'm a little uncomfortable with. I'm not uncomfortable with sincerity in my regular life, but, like in terms of my product that I offer, I think that it's weird, because comics used to be way more sincere in the '80s.” ThinkingWayLittlesUsedTermOne ThingProductsOffersUsed To BeComicUncomfortableSincereSincerity80s Author:Moshe Kasher
“One thing we do know is that mass literacy is a product of the 19th century, at least in English-speaking cultures - Ireland, England, Scotland, Canada, and the U. S.” KnowsCultureOne ThingCenturyProductsMassEnglandCanadaIrelandScotlandLiteracy19th CenturyEnglish Speaking Author:Robert Hass
“Television is a completely different industry now. It's just extraordinary. It's so wonderful, because there's more interesting product. It attracts the best writers and directors. And one thing that's really interesting about it is that it used to be, if you were on a big network show, like it or not, you were a household face and name. And believe it or not, not all actors like that. That's not their goal. They just like being actors. And there are so many actors that are on hit shows that I have never seen, I've never heard.” IfsBelieveDifferentShowsBigsFacesUsedActorsNamesGoalInterestingWonderfulOne ThingHeardTelevisionProductsIndustryDirectorsExtraordinaryUsed To BeHouseholdReally Interesting Author:Jean Smart