“Products a start-up builds are really experiments…Learning about how to build a sustainable business is the outcome of those experiments [which follow] a three-step process: Build, measure, learn.” “[A startup is] … an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty.” ThreeProcessStepsConditionsProductsCreatingOrganizationExtremesExperimentsUncertaintyOutcomesSomething NewDedicatedCreating Something Author:Eric Ries
“The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in the general population. On the contrary, the increasingly complex processes tend to lead to increasingly simple and easily understood products. The genius of mass production is precisely in its making more products more accessible, both economically and intellectually to more people.” PeopleNeedsDoeProcessSimpleTechnologyGrowingProductsGeniusMassUnderstoodOrganizationComplexesPopulationProductionsContraryComplexityScience TechnologyMass ProductionGrowing Knowledge Author:Thomas Sowell
“No amount of artificial protection can permanently maintain an obsolete product, an inferior process or a moribund organization against competitors which are based on scientifically improved products or methods.” ProcessProductsAmountOrganizationMethodCompetitionProtectionArtificialInferiorsCompetitorsObsolete Author:Karl Taylor Compton
“Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak.” SometimesLiteratureParticularProductsOrganizationLocalsBest ThingsProfitable Author:Kevin Kelly
“Many organizations are now trying to walk under the banner of The Learning Organization, realizing that knowledge is our most important product ... But the only place that I've seen it is in the Army. As one colonel said, "We realized a while ago that it's better to learn than be dead."” TryingSaidImportantRealizingWalksProductsOrganizationArmyBannerColonelsLearning Organization Author:Walter Wriston
“Goodness is also about interacting with people, brands, companies and organizations who are invested in sustainable and ethical practices. What's the point of using products that are ruining our Earth? It doesn't make sense.” PeopleEarthCompanyPracticeProductsGoodnessOrganizationBrandsMake SenseEthicalInteracting Author:Sophie Heyman Uliano
“Love for coworkers, love for customers, love for the product and love for self. Walt Disney instilled all of these "loves" in his company. Each of these factors is critical to achieving success in any organization.” SelfCompanyAchieveProductsAnd LoveOrganizationCriticalCustomersFactorsWaltAchieving SuccessCoworker Author:Bill Capodagli
“There really is no foolproof or even optimal way of dealing with White House emissaries who tell whoppers on live television. On the one hand, there's value in hearing what our government has to say about its actions and vision for the future. On the other, news organizations are responsible for the factual hygiene of their product. In some cases, those two imperatives just aren't compatible.” WayTwoHandsGovernmentActionValuesHouseWhiteVisionCasesTelevisionProductsNewsOrganizationResponsibleHearingWhite HouseImperativesCompatibleFactualHygieneOptimalFoolproofLive Television Author:Erik Wemple