Every step Quote by Lewis Schiff

“Here was a guy who had taken much of the Silicon Valley ethic behind moving quickly and running organizations free of bureaucratic hierarchies and…

— Ashlee Vance

“It made it clear to me that Gates was not the kind of person that would understand or appreciate the elegance of a Macintosh.”

— Walter Isaacson

“Thousands of people could’ve done what Bill Gates did at that moment, but they didn’t. Gates acted upon the moment.”

— RosettaBooks

A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said, you can…

— Tom Peters

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and…

— Thomas J. Watson

“It’s been said every institution is nothing more, but the extended shadow of one person. In IBM’s case, that was Thomas J. Watson, Sr.”

— BusinessNews Publishing

“I love supporting the blue-chip companies’ revival. Shows wise when you are on the top and you are still not ignorant & arrogant to…

— Csaba Gabor

“The 1950s witnessed especially rapid expansion of electronic and electrical firms, of tobacco, soft drink, and food-processing companies, and of the chemical, plastics, and…

— James T. Patterson

“Barnes literally thought  himself into a partnership with the great Edison! He thought himself into a fortune. He had nothing to start with, except…

— Napoleon Hill

We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have…

— Adam Osborne

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations. —Steve Jobs,…

— Marie Force

“The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than…

— Timothy Ferriss