Authors-behaving-badly Quote by Felipe Alfau

“We made a lot of mistakes at that trade show about what we thought the customer wanted and what was right for the brand.…

— Sophia Amoruso

“His argument was that a great engineer would be remembered only if he teamed with a great marketer, and this required him to commit…

— Walter Isaacson

“MOST COMPANIES OWE THEIR INITIAL success to a unique strategic position involving clear trade-offs. Activities once were aligned with that position.”

— Michael E. Porter

“An idea is nothing more or less than a new combination of old elements (Quoted from Vilfredo Pareto)”

— James Webb Young

“You might almost say, that this strange uncompromisedness in him involved a sort of unintelegence; for in his numerous trades, he did not seem…

— Herman Melville

“He liked to say that what makes literature is “inventing truly from honestly acquired knowledge, so that what you make up is truer than…

— Paul Hendrickson

“His strategic belief was that there was no reason not to heap excessive puffery on a prospect. But if the prospect was ruled out…

— Michael Wolff

“Michael Porter’s best, when he said, “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”

— Michael Bungay Stanier

“guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”

— Ben Carson

“Later in life, as I competed against the banks, I would think back to this moment, and it gave me confidence. All the bankers…

— Ashlee Vance

“In your lifetime, if you can come up with one original idea, you have accomplished a great deal.”

— Max Roach

“Simply put, this is one insight we heard echoed by tens of thousands of great managers: People don't change that much. Don't waste time…

— Marcus Buckingham