There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it. Marc Andreessen 90scompanygraduate Change image and share on social
Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon. Marc Andreessen amazonborderbusiness Change image and share on social
It's obviously unfair to paint with a broad brush here, but the germ of an idea for a breakthrough in technology doesn't come out of a business school curriculum. It comes out of a laboratory or a math lecture or a physics tutorial. Michael Moritz breakthroughbroadbrush share on social
Business cycles naturally entail peaks and troughs in employment, and socially responsible businesses should follow successful examples like Coca-Cola, Alcoa, Saudi Aramco, Africa Rainbow Minerals, and Google in working toward mitigating joblessness and enhancing people's abilities to earn a livelihood. Klaus Schwab africaalcoaaramco share on social
I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while. Ray Liotta achieveappeasebalance Change image and share on social
I've always felt writing is an art. Publishing is a business. I felt strongly if I was going to write, I would write what I wanted to, and if the 'market' didn't respond, there was nothing I could really do about it. M. J. Rose artbusinessfelt share on social
The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past. Bud Selig businesscontinuepast Change image and share on social
My mother, when I told her I was going into the jewelry business said, 'Kenneth, don't tell anyone.' Kenneth Jay Lane businessjewelrykenneth Change image and share on social
The business of music. You know, it's an oxymoron in a sense. It's like the two things. Although we both need each other, they really don't go together. Kelis businessmusicoxymoron Change image and share on social
When in 1969 I became publisher of the 'Washington Post' as well as president of the company, my plate was fuller than ever. I had partly worked myself into the job but not, except for rare occasions, taken hold. I had acquired some sense of business but still relied on others more than most company presidents did. Katharine Graham acquirebusinesscompany share on social