I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore. — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
In taking Dell private, we plan to go back to our roots, focusing on the entrepreneurial spirit that made Dell one of… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
Enron Field in Houston, the Trans World Dome in St. Louis and PSINet Stadium in Baltimore are just three of the modern-day… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
I'd rather people talked about the 1,000 most successful French Internet companies instead of the 5 or 10 faces we already know - including mine. — Xavier Niel Copy Share Image
Smart companies fail because they do everything right. They cater to high-profit-margin customers and ignore the low end of the market, where… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
The most important thing for us is investing and making companies great, and then they have all the options they want, whether… — David Sze Copy Share Image
Media companies' hit-focused marketing did not emerge in a vacuum. It reflects how consumers make choices. The truth is that consumers prefer… — Anita Elberse Copy Share Image
If companies don't think systemically enough - if they try to capture too much of the value - eventually, innovation moves somewhere… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place.… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Everyone and his Big Brother wants to log your browsing habits, the better to build a profile of who you are and… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
Google, Facebook, and other consumer web companies violate our privacy. But that's only because they have an ad-based business model. They can… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
The need to do something about global warming is obvious. And it's also pretty clear that the public understands the need for… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
The increase in salaries at private companies has exploded, and Romania also faces a labor shortage, especially in construction. We believe that… — Traian Basescu Copy Share Image
Drug companies say they need to charge ever-higher prices to cover their research costs, but they spend far less on research and… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
If you look at the first commercial transactions on the Internet, few of the early companies necessarily survived intact, but the ideas… — James Heywood Copy Share Image
I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa. — Djimon Hounsou Copy Share Image
The BP spill was the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history. Yet somehow, gas companies like BP and Halliburton ran interference on… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
Teachers, social workers, public lawyers who bring companies to justice, government accountants who try to make sure money is spent as it… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The lack of available credit and loans is having a severe impact on small businesses in particular, but also their suppliers and… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
Companies buy customers when they cannot win new business on their own. They merge when their executives do not have a better… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Let's not kid ourselves, companies and corporations only do things if they believe it'll be in their best financial interest. — Julio Torres Copy Share Image
One of the things that has plagued bitcoin is not bitcoin itself but the companies built on top of it. — Tyler Winklevoss Copy Share Image
Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
If companies don't know that they can run out of money, they won't be thinking of ways not to run out of… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
It's not just a hurricane. It's the demand for gas in China... We're paying $3 a gallon, and the oil companies are… — Ron Klein Copy Share Image
In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to… — Zhang Jindong Copy Share Image
Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
The reality is, I've started multiple companies, so actually I'm probably more of a product/creative person than I am sales. Although I… — Tim Armstrong Copy Share Image
Bankruptcy laws allow companies to smoothly reorganize, but not college graduates burdened by student loans. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, corporate raiders began mounting unfriendly takeovers of companies that could deliver higher returns to their shareholders - if they… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Making media companies that you hope to sell is not a lot of fun for anyone who cares deeply about making media. — John Battelle Copy Share Image
For the most part, I've sat on the sidelines over the years during the endless debates about how we need to do… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
I think it's unfair to say that Chinese companies are squeezing out American companies. China has so many solar companies that are… — Shi Zhengrong Copy Share Image
Women are starting something like twice as many companies as men, but the money is primarily going to companies started by men. — Anita Borg Copy Share Image
Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management;… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It's a misnomer out there… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
