My office in Milan is in an old factory. I have all my companies here, including Italia Independent and Independent Ideas. — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get hold of them... the trouble is a lot of the companies that recorded and produced the albums went… — Cy Coleman Copy Share Image
Companies will need to pursue a more diversified business model, but I think those companies that have what I call a focused… — Kenneth Chenault Copy Share Image
“Across organizations in services, manufacturing, healthcare and government, eighty percent of an organization’s improvement potential lies in front-line ideas.” — Alan G. Robinson Copy Share Image
My career expertise is as a psychometrician - somebody who builds tests to measure personality. Companies would employ me to build interviews… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Just like the VCR opened the film and TV industries to unimaginable new revenue streams, search, RSS and the Internet will do… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct. — Larry Page Copy Share Image
CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefront ads, magazine covers or TV shows, we… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
We ought to start running the government like a private-sector business. I have that ability as CEO of our companies. I have… — John Raese Copy Share Image
If crimes are committed, they are committed by people; they are not committed by some free-floating entity. These companies and other entities… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
Fear of foreign domination in India led the Janata Party, in the 1970s, to push for partial Indian ownership of all multinational… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
When I was a young guy, when I first started with G.E., Jack Welch sent us all to Japan because in those… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
When there were not very many Internet companies, the supply of Internet companies to the market was small and the appetite for… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Pager companies are very much looking to provide new services to help them regain some of their customer base. — David Rose Copy Share Image
You don't know this when you're young, but over time, you see that great companies are usually built at a special point… — David Duffield Copy Share Image
The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Companies in Silicon Valley invest a lot in understanding their users and what drives user engagement. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Almost everybody who thinks about local thinks about daily deals, but companies like OpenTable and Zillow and Yelp are all getting their… — Bill Gurley Copy Share Image
When most individuals or most companies are talking about trying to create healthy habits, the key is to identify which habit or… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Go out and collect data and, instead of having the answer, just look at the data and see if the data tells… — Steven Levitt Copy Share Image
Big companies often use their leverage to take stakes in would-be suppliers, especially in the technology business. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
My motivation has always been to do technology apps and companies, not making money. Just because the money's come, nothing's changed. — Nick D'Aloisio Copy Share Image
Forty states have sued tobacco companies over the costs of health care for residents on Medicaid and public assistance. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich.… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Whatever the potential pitfalls, banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital, particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Most companies are out to make money. They aren't worried about anything except whether they can buy their new BMW next month. — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
Companies understand that if their employees are sick, it's really expensive. So despite the rhetoric I hear, thank God employers are still… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, I've been sponsored by several different equipment companies - Lynx, Titleist, Callaway. — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and… — Chris Toumazou Copy Share Image
As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
There are corporate private investigators, companies doing very forensic background checks on people. They buy data, they get their own data... They… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
If troubled companies want to explain away 2008 as a 'black swan,' then someone should take responsibility for creating the oil slick… — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
“Successful companies are built by investing large amount of money and hundreds of litres of sweat.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
