Difficult Quote by Lynne Doughtie

Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult…

— Charles Koch

I have almost no interest in quarterly reports. Running a business or investing in a business based on quarterly earnings doesn't make any sense…

— Gerry Schwartz

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

— Steve Jobs

Sometimes you innovate, you make mistakes.It is best to admit them quickly and get on improving your other innovations.

— Steve Jobs

“In most companies, you have to justify so much of what you do—to prepare for quarterly earnings statements if the company is publicly traded…

— Ed Catmull

Our approach has worked for us. Look at the fun we, our managers, and our shareholders are having. More people should copy us. It's…

— Charlie Munger

We don't make the investments we need to make, the sector fails to innovate, and then we conclude that it can't innovate.

— Ted Nordhaus

Any business that does not innovate will fail over time.

— Nolan Bushnell

You can't manage the creative process on a quarterly basis. The way we're structured has really helped us grow.

— Nancy Dubuc

“In fact, it has become increasingly profitable not to innovate. Imagine just how much progress we’ve missed out on because thousands of bright minds…

— Rutger Bregman

There will be no good business unless the majority comes to agree that we should demand more from business than large quarterly returns.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

You can’t really innovate for the past (your offering won’t be innovative and will be beaten easily by competitors). If you innovate for the…

— Braden Kelley