January 2012
8 posts
Watch(via NASA - NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record)
“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as...”
– Michael Luenig (I like this a lot, especially as it relates to family)
Honesty!
A successful business man was growing old and Knew it was time to
choose a successor to take over the business.
Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.
He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I
have decided to choose one of you. “The...
December 2011
11 posts
“I invest in the entrepreneur, and then the business. I have to love what they’re...”
– The Gotham Gal
An angel who bets on women-led companies - O’Reilly Radar
(via fred-wilson)
Better Experience
They should have Pandora on every Gondola.
“And Apple has 100 million credit cards on file.”
– Amazing, compelling reason to think mobile start-up. http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml?nid=57323404&bid=57323404&bcid=null&test=nulls.
“Workers who can’t differentiate themselves using their reputation will be...”
– Christina Cacioppo USV http://www.usv.com/2011/11/what-comes-next.php
November 2011
9 posts
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via underpaidgenius)
How is the true driver in all things
1 tag
“It’s not the fear you have to worry about but what you do with that fear.”
– Gayle Tzemach Lemmon - great quote impressive lady.
“Business is cyclical. If it always moved at top speed, when would we have the...”
– I liked this. @Jeff_Beals-The Business Motivation Blog
“Don’t send your (RFP) proposals to UPS in a FedEx envelope.”
– Has to be the sales quote of the day. :) Sales Tips from the World’s Toughest Customers | Inc.com
October 2011
15 posts
“Capitalism and free markets are the best engines for generating growth and...”
– http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/friedman-did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-bankers.xml
“There are a few prerequisites to inventing … You have to be willing to...”
– Jeff Bezos on innovation. His point on being “misunderstood” is spot on. It takes a strong ego, amazing self-esteem and strength to power through being misunderstood. Especially in corporate america. Love this quote!
Investors Punish Amazon for Investing in Disruptive Growth - Rob...
“One of the biggest problems with big companies doing clean-sheet innovation is...”
– Jeff Bezos of Amazon on big companies and innovation.
He is sooooo right.
WatchClassic Fright Nite! Gotta love it!
“Our “working smarter” business philosophy is just willful suspension of...”
– Dan Waldo Three business behaviors that produce extreme results. http://danwaldschmidt.com/2011/10/3-extreme-behaviors-that-produce-outrageous-business-growth/
“If you go swimming, you are going to get wet.”
“In order to be FOR something you need to be AGAINST something.”
– Marc Cenendella CEO TheLadders
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”
– Benjamin Disraeli. I can get better at this!
“Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at...”
– Steven Spielberg on Steve Jobs passing: Steve Jobs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
September 2011
5 posts
“We found that people make trade-offs between happiness and other things,” says...”
– Higher salary vs. happiness? Show me the money - Holy Kaw!
Response from people when asked would they take a lower paying job and get more time or a higher paying job and have less free time. Family is a powerful pull.
Colorado Get's it's First Snow Fall →
“It is a curiosity of modern life that information companies can create...”
– Does America Need Manufacturing? - NYTimes.com
They make a lot of people money, but don’t create a lot of jobs. Great read.
August 2011
3 posts
1 tag
