Business Quote by James C. Collins

“I have my own theory about why decline happens at companies like IBM or Microsoft. The company does a great job, innovates and becomes…

— Walter Isaacson

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

— Larry Page

We must learn the lessons of the 2008 crash: no company should be able to become too big to fail.

— Barry Gardiner

Over the very long term, history shows that the chances of any business surviving in a manner agreeable to a company's owners are slim…

— Charlie Munger

Once a company has adapted to a new environment, it is no longer the organization it used to be; it has evolved. That is…

— Arie de Geus

Failure is not the falling down but the staying down.

— Mary Pickford

It's a curious thing about our industry: not only do we not learn from our mistakes, we also don't learn from our successes.

— Keith Braithwaite

“Companies that cannot successfully answer what they do fail to then understand how they can continue to do it in the face of change.”

— David Amerland

The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

— George Eastman

All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.

— Peter Thiel

I'm a strong believer that you can build great companies in time of both greed and fear. But you have to be paying attention…

— Brad Feld

When companies fail, shareholders bear the losses. It's just the way our system is supposed to work.

— Henry Paulson