Assumption Quote by Peter Drucker

“Most of a tech company’s value will come at least 10 to 15 years in the future.”

— Peter Thiel

11 years is a long time in this industry.

— Steve McConnell

You have to re-establish yourself in this business about every 10 years.

— Jackie Coogan

“In today’s climate, it’s best to assume that most business models, even successful ones, will have a short lifespan.”

— Alexander Osterwalder

I think somehow people should be encouraged to think about a very long time horizon and I think this is true for businesses, it's…

— Peter Thiel

If you don't operate it as a business, you aren't going to be around very long.

— Skitch Henderson

If you focus on near-term growth above all else, you miss the most important question you should be asking: will this business still be…

— Peter Thiel

Any of our businesses will not exist in the form that is today, will not exist in the same form one year later, two…

— Chanda Kochhar

There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for…

— Barry Diller

Does the business have favourable long term prospects?

— Warren Buffett

Today, if someone showed me a five-year plan, I'd toss out the pages detailing Years Three, Four and Five as pure fantasy Anyone who…

— Mark McCormack

We have an economic policy that is just about 10,000 years out of date.

— Louis O. Kelso