What I teach our people is that, as a leader, you have four key roles apart from people management. First is to champion the grand vision. Two, install systems and a culture to run experiments. The third thing is to… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
Now we teach our leaders that it's your job to put in the systems that enable your people to run your experiments fast and cheap and to keep making them faster and cheaper. Yield as many of your decisions off… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
If following your passion to a place where there's no pain probably isn't the business, I don't think an entrepreneur can sustain in a… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is it is what consumers tell each other it is. - Scott Cook,… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
Behind every successful enterprise, there is a supporting wife and surprised in-laws. — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
You're kind of taught that the role of a business person is the decision making. — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
What I teach our people is that, as a leader, you have four key roles apart from people management. First is to champion the… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
A lot of companies have teams, but they are not really independent. They still have to get stuff approved by the boss. You have… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
I spent some time studying Toyota, because how could a loom maker - they made looms. That was their business for 50 years, 35… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
Our first product was Quicken, which is personal financial management on a PC. It had a tough start, and we ran some tracking surveys… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
When you love someone deeply, you give strength, and when you are loved deeply, you gain courage. — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
Now we teach our leaders that it's your job to put in the systems that enable your people to run your experiments fast and… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
If you give the boss all the decision-making power, they see the world through their eyes. The big innovations are generally such a shift… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
We make it easy for anyone to get free resources. Anyone can launch an idea for five minutes. Anyone can comment on, add, and… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
The most important skill you need is the ability to learn how to change and grow. — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
Spend time with the customers, immersing yourselves, watching. Spend time at their homes. Hear what they say, but most importantly, watch their behaviors as… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
As you grow as a company, you get layers and hierarchy that, in theory, should make your decisions a lot better. They get reviewed,… — Scott Cook Copy Share Image
