The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
I do think there is an important artistic component in what we do. As a technology company I've tried to really stress… — Larry Page Copy Share Image
Just by being private, the culture will change. We won't be forced to make decisions that are 90 days in relevance. — Sam Zell Copy Share Image
I started out here in Colorado as a geologist. During a downturn, everyone in our company got laid off. — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
HELPED are those who laugh with a pure heart; theirs will be the company of the jolly righteous. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally. It… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
When I take a look at a company's annual report, if I don't understand it, they don't want me to understand it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Quality isn't about where the money came from or which company gets to put their name on the thing. What matters is… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Time is a big enemy. Companies have a tendency to drift and to do what was successful yesterday. CEOs need to set… — Michael J. Silverstein Copy Share Image
The role of a board of directors is to be a sounding board for the vision of the company - to hold… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
In high-tax New York, in high-tax California, the governors of those states are constantly offering tax breaks, tax exemptions to any number… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There was a time when a company could not sell its shares to the public unless its revenues were growing and it… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur and starting new companies require a lot of sacrifice. Sacrifice that you have to make. Because in order to… — Anousheh Ansari Copy Share Image
We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we… — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
Maybe reading was just a way to make her feel less alone, to keep her company. When you read something you are… — Helen Humphreys Copy Share Image
The climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We have no reason to be discouraged and cast down if the religion we profess is not popular and few agree with… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
As a result of overdiversification, their (active managers) returns get watered down. Diversification covers up ignorance. Active managers haven't done enough research… — Bill Ackman Copy Share Image
Lack of opportunity breeds dreams of escape. But professionals and managers who have invested in their careers do not leave the work… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them. People are either motivated or… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I think that's something that investment banks have worried about for a long time and are continuing to worry about, but it's… — Robert F. Engle Copy Share Image
Anybody who can afford a box of business cards can afford a Web site. Any company with an 800 number can move… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
And if you feel that everyone has rejected you and your ideas let me tell you this, you are most assuredly in… — James Van Fleet Copy Share Image
Clearly as you move to being a public company, probably even more than growth, there is a huge value based on predictability. — Mark Pincus Copy Share Image
That's always the goal. If you don't want to be the best or have the company on your back with everyone relying… — Dolph Ziggler Copy Share Image
If oil companies were to invest their high profits into alternative fuel research it will help America move toward new forms of… — Rick Renzi Copy Share Image
I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm 'bored'. But because a company… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology? — will.i.am Copy Share Image
Pain is always emotional. Fear and depression keep constant company with chronic hurting. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
You have to turn over a lot of rocks to find those little anomalies. You have to find the companies that are… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Great companies don't just have one founding moment. They have many founding moments. — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
There's a company behind every stock and a reason companies - and their stocks - perform the way they do. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
A company can seize extra-ordinary opportunities only if it is very good at the ordinary operations. — Marcel Herrmann Telles Copy Share Image
For a long time, I felt like I failed myself, my career, and my record company. — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“If your employees are happy, they become your salespeople who speak with utmost passion for the company they work for.” — Pooja Agnihotri Copy Share Image