All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I ….
If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I could. I'd put off everythi….
A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities..
Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salon….
Oh, if people only knew how this business has grown..
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds..
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird..
Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently..
...the question, Why try for greatness? would seem almost tautological. If you're doing something you care that much about, and you believe in its pu….
There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them..
Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, ….
"Growth!" is not a Hedgehog Concept. Rather, if you have the right Hedgehog Concept and make decisions relentlessly consistent with it, you will crea….
The hardest part of it was really being away from my family - I have two small children. Last year I took over 20 business trips, so being away from ….
We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a bus….
Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing bus….
If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen..
Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations..
Our company has indeed stumbled onto some of its new products. But never forget that you can only stumble if you're moving..
Premium will increasingly be defined in terms of sustainability and environmental compatibility.
All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA..
You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down..