That first company I started made a lot of money for the venture capitalists - nearly $30 million - but next to… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
A research group found that 56 percent of major companies surveyed in the late '80s agreed that 'employees who are loyal to… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Incredibly, oil and gas companies don't have to pay certain environmental costs that amount to small change to them, while an offshore… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Over the past several decades, a growing number of investors have been choosing to put their money in funds that screen companies… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The 'find it, fix it 'model of medicine doesn't work any more. The U.S. healthcare system is bankrupting the country, bankrolling the… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
In the United States, whatever you may think of Julian Assange, even people who are not necessarily big fans of his are… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
We approached Yahoo and Jerry Yang and said that Hadoop is going to continue to be popular, and as it does, more… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Companies are experimenting with replacing sodium chloride with potassium chloride, because most of the health problems come from sodium. It works for… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
Companies with aspirations to be larger publishers - Kabam, Kixeye, even Zynga - are moving aggressively off the Facebook platform to mobile… — Mitch Lasky Copy Share Image
At Square, we got our tech up and running in three weeks, but it took us 18 months to get licenses, banking… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
For all the popularity of spiritual advisers in South Korea, it still shocks to see the leaders of huge public companies relying… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
I'm introverted, and I pay attention to my muse... Record companies used to go mad and say 'We don't know the deal… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
I've been a Fellow in a number of companies: Xerox, Apple, Disney, HP. There are certain similarities because all the Fellows programs… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Asana and complementary services are bringing the evolved team brain to the entire world. In great companies like Twitter, Uber, Airbnb, Foursquare,… — Justin Rosenstein Copy Share Image
I can't stand when girls come to me and say they want to be a model, but they can't tell me who… — Kimora Lee Simmons Copy Share Image
It doesn't cost anything to replicate code. So the companies that make code, that's why they've done so well. We take it… — George Dyson Copy Share Image
Companies, in fact, are specifically organized to under-invest in disruptive innovations! This is one reason why we often suggest that companies set… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
In many companies, the person who talks the best usually gets the job. I got snowed by a few of those people… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Alternative services would mean that there would be services available to compete with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Skype, etc., and they would… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
We have found that companies need to speak a common language because some of the suggested ways to harness disruptive innovation are… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
The U.S. has more broadband subscribers than any country other than China. Americans rank at the top in their use of the… — Michael K. Powell Copy Share Image
The truth is, our corporate income taxes are some of the highest in the world, and frankly, in my judgment it's unpatriotic… — Jim Jordan Copy Share Image
I think there is a need to have more women running companies, but you can't... appoint women just to appoint women, just… — Cynthia Carroll Copy Share Image
The advantage of the consumer businesses is they tend to be much broader-based, much larger number of customers, that tend to over… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I look at founders and CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Brian Chesky at Airbnb and Sebastian Thrun at Udacity,… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Companies the size of PepsiCo is like running a little republic, there is no question about it. The only difference is that… — Indra Nooyi Copy Share Image
I've heard time and again from small business owners in Ohio that extending bonus depreciation is the single biggest factor in allowing… — Pat Tiberi Copy Share Image
We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
I think movie and television companies are in the business of making money, and if you have a franchise, eventually you'll want… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in… — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
Eighty percent of the cases used in the typical MBA program are about successful companies. Students graduate with this notion that 'If… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a calculus, it turns out, for mastering our subconscious urges. For companies like Target, the exhaustive rendering of our conscious… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
One of the Internet's highest-profile companies, Priceline once dreamed of transforming the way consumer goods are bought and sold by offering customers… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Artists have so much more control of their futures - they don't need to rely so much on major labels or big… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
