Quotes about Companies

Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work. Votes: 4

Companies don't innovate, people do. Votes: 3

Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don't. Votes: 3

Companies don't have ideas. Only people do. Votes: 3

Companies don't get rich hurting their customers. Votes: 3

Companies, like people, don't much like to change. Votes: 3

Companies often become victims of their own mythologies. Votes: 3

Companies should always want to delight their customers. Votes: 3

Companies fail for lack of brains and effort. Votes: 3

Companies don't give job security. Only satisfied customers do. Votes: 3

Companies need connections to their markets to create long-term loyalty. Votes: 3

Companies, however unintentionally, choke the motivation out of their employees. Votes: 3

Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect. Votes: 3

Companies have a responsibility to train and retrain their employees. Votes: 3

Companies thrive on the basis of the stories they tell. Votes: 3

Companies have got to learn to eat change for breakfast. Votes: 3

Companies not interested in sustainable development issues will not survive long Votes: 3

Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war. Votes: 3

Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are. Votes: 3

Companies should be selling ideas more than benefits. Sell ideas. Not stuff. Votes: 3

Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal. Votes: 3

Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal. Votes: 3

Companies over-emphasize idea generation and under-emphasize idea execution when it comes to innovation. Votes: 3

Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded. Votes: 3

Companies' motives to make profit means they neglect inherent social or moral values. Votes: 3

Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. Votes: 3

Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided. Votes: 3

Companies such as Microsoft, Cisco and Intel were just starting at their 10-year anniversary. Votes: 3

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change. Votes: 3

Companies and managers that find a way to harness social media stand to gain. Votes: 3

Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance. Votes: 3

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking. Votes: 3

Companies have been trying to figure out what it is that makes open source work. Votes: 3

Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly. Votes: 3

Companies that banked their future on broadband - most of them are not very successful. Votes: 3

Companies are getting bitten by hiring a data scientist who isn't really a data scientist. Votes: 3

Companies do not do new things because they understand it but because they feel it. Votes: 3

Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea. Votes: 3

Don't get ahead of yourself. Companies need time to figure out what they want to be. Votes: 3

Companies, cities, and potentially even individuals could have a small refinery to make their own fuel. Votes: 3

Original visions are often wrong. Companies have to morph as they learn what customers don't want. Votes: 3

Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore. Votes: 3

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive. Votes: 3

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time. Votes: 3

There's a pure and simple business case for diversity: Companies that are more diverse are more successful. Votes: 3

Companies are very, very good - better than consumers themselves - at knowing what consumers are actually craving. Votes: 3

Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world. Votes: 3

Companies prefer to put money in the pockets of shareholders or to hoard cash rather than to raise wages or invest. Votes: 3

Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product. Votes: 3

Great companies are built on great products. Votes: 2

To avoid a blackout, electricity generating companies must lower generation in line with low demand. Votes: 2

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual. Votes: 2

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change. Votes: 2

There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations. Votes: 2

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers. Votes: 2

Vast databases of names and personal information, sold to thieves by large publicly traded companies, have put almost anyone within reach of fraudulent telemarketers. Votes: 2

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second. Votes: 2

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.' Votes: 2

It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs manufactured by the exact same companies. Votes: 2

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies. Votes: 2

Like many other banks and finance companies, Green Tree used a process called securitization to resell its home loans to outside investors. Green Tree grouped thousands of these small loans into a pool worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Votes: 2

Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company. Votes: 2

Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration, as we need an entire army of companies to work together to build a better world within the next few decades. This means corporations must embrace the benefits of cooperating with one another. Votes: 2

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets. Votes: 2

The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul. Votes: 2

Google has placed its faith in data, while Apple worships the power of design. This dichotomy made the two companies complementary. Apple would ship the phones and computers, while Google would provide Maps, Search, YouTube, and other web tools that made the devices more useful. Votes: 2

Companies and their brands need to reach out and speak directly to consumers, to honor their values, and to form meaningful relationships with them. They must become architects of community, consistently demonstrating the values that their customer community expects in exchange for their loyalty and purchases. Votes: 2

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all. Votes: 2

The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you don't come home your best self. Votes: 2

There is no progress without risk, and in an environment where change is accelerating, risks are multiplying and businesses are increasingly complex, companies need strong, innovative partners to help manage their risk. Our brand clearly sets XL apart as the strong, innovative partner needed in today's market. Votes: 2

The engineering is long gone in most PC companies. In the consumer electronics companies, they don't understand the software parts of it. And so you really can't make the products that you can make at Apple anywhere else right now. Apple's the only company that has everything under one roof. Votes: 2

Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact? If you don't have a great idea of your own, there are plenty of great teams that need you - unknown startups and established teams in giant companies alike. Votes: 2

Think about it: if you were running a multi-million dollar company, and your database of customer information was stolen, would you want to tell your clients? No. Most companies did not until the laws required them to. It's in the best interest of organisations - when they're attacked and information is stolen - to tell nobody. Votes: 2

Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story. Votes: 2

Insurance companies don't make anything. Votes: 0

People leave managers, not companies Votes: 0

I think record companies are criminals. Votes: 0

Talent is what drives technology companies, Votes: 0

Private companies should be building businesses. Votes: 0

Behind good brands lie stakeholder companies. Votes: 0

Innovation is doubly hard inside big companies. Votes: 0

Individuals don't build great companies, teams do. Votes: 0

America's companies are built to destroy creativity. Votes: 0

Even technology companies get good news sometimes. Votes: 0

Building fast-growing, globally competitive companies is tough. Votes: 0

Tech companies tend to do tech best. Votes: 0

Look at companies selling at new lows. Votes: 0

People quit people before they quit companies. Votes: 0

Look for companies with high profit margins. Votes: 0

I have worked with several dance companies. Votes: 0

I should have my own publishing companies. Votes: 0

There are no record companies in Waikiki. Votes: 0

Lasting companies know how to reinvent themselves, Votes: 0

People leave their manager; they don't leave companies. Votes: 0

Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality. Votes: 0

Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies. Votes: 0

Competition creates better products, alliances create better companies Votes: 0

The great companies get built by their founders Votes: 0

Marketing is for companies who have sucky products. Votes: 0

They're just beginning to change - Drug companies. Votes: 0

I love building companies; I love making products. Votes: 0

So many dot-com companies were formulated on air. Votes: 0

Future companies will be smaller and more nimble. Votes: 0

Collective management will build companies - not top-down decision-making. Votes: 0

All companies are service companies; some also manufacture products. Votes: 0

The funding of mobile first companies will increase significantly. Votes: 0

Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds. Votes: 0

Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders. Votes: 0

Forget startup companies. The next frontier is startup countries. Votes: 0

Successful companies obviously have people with ideas and energy. Votes: 0

People like Congress more than their health insurance companies. Votes: 0

Private insurance companies in America are reaping huge profits. Votes: 0

I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run. Votes: 0

Most innovations fail. And companies that don't innovate die. Votes: 0

Social media allows big companies to act small again. Votes: 0

Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal. Votes: 0

Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me. Votes: 0

Usually, the biggest companies are not the most dynamic. Votes: 0

You know we're going to control the insurance companies. Votes: 0

Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries. Votes: 0

Most companies are not respectful of each individual's time. Votes: 0

I busted my butt all my life building companies. Votes: 0

Those record companies don't know what's happening at all. Votes: 0

The companies are multinational--why should labor still stick to borders? Votes: 0

Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change. Votes: 0

The companies that are lasting are those that are authentic. Votes: 0

We took the insurance companies out of the driver's seat. Votes: 0

Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth. Votes: 0

Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users' Votes: 0

Good companies will meet needs; great companies will create markets. Votes: 0

American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil, Votes: 0

Innovation is not the exclusive province of New Economy companies. Votes: 0

No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies. Votes: 0

The healthiest companies are always characterized by organic talent development. Votes: 0

I've been an entrepreneur three times. I started three companies. Votes: 0

Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals. Votes: 0

All the design companies together make 10% of what Ikea makes. Votes: 0

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products. Votes: 0

We don't do business with companies. We do business with people. Votes: 0

The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country. Votes: 0

If companies tell us more, insider trading will be worth less. Votes: 0

Look for companies that do not have a lot of debt. Votes: 0

There's no evidence that large, diversified food companies win over time. Votes: 0

I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies. Votes: 0

There should be no private health insurance companies operating for profit. Votes: 0

It's not terribly fun defending you (oil companies), but I do. Votes: 0

Smart phones are re-inventing the connections between companies and their customers. Votes: 0

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders. Votes: 0

The root of great companies is make meaning vs. make money. Votes: 0

Publishing companies are like schoolyard bullies that can't even fight well. Votes: 0

All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition. Votes: 0

Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product. Votes: 0

With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand Votes: 0

Increasingly, there are only two kinds of companies: brave and dead. Votes: 0

I'm no fan of what I've seen health insurance companies do. Votes: 0

I like companies that try and break away from the norm. Votes: 0

Black-and-white photos tell the truth. That's why insurance companies use them. Votes: 0

I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. Votes: 0

In the larger companies, you have this tendency to get top-down direction. Votes: 0

An exercise of moral imagination helps companies further goals of its members. Votes: 0

People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons. Votes: 0

Great companies have been reduced by hiring executives that don't work out. Votes: 0

Marketplaces by their nature tend to grow faster than most other companies. Votes: 0

Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission. Votes: 0

Great companies don't throw money at problems, they throw ideas at problems. Votes: 0

Most companies are built to execute today's business model, not discover tomorrow's. Votes: 0

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. Votes: 0

Progressive companies regard climate change as an opportunity rather than a threat Votes: 0

We need to help companies find profit opportunities abroad, not photo opportunities. Votes: 0

A lot of our animation projects are co-productions with French production companies. Votes: 0

Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth. Votes: 0

Governments have budgets but no money, companies have money but no budgets. Votes: 0

The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared. Votes: 0

I like the challenge of growing small companies into big global companies. Votes: 0

Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. Votes: 0

Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders. Votes: 0

Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies. Votes: 0

I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. Votes: 0

Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large companies. Votes: 0

Don't tax you, don't tax me; Tax the companies across the sea. Votes: 0

Our biggest mistakes, were things we didn't do, companies we didn't buy. Votes: 0

Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working? Votes: 0

The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business. Votes: 0

Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies, Votes: 0

The best companies are the ones that offer their products for free. Votes: 0

In the larger companies, you have this tendency to get top-down direction. Votes: 0

Insurance companies want to make sure that you stay on your medicine. Votes: 0

Junk food companies are acting very much like tobacco companies did 30 years ago. Votes: 0

Your writers write these pieces about meaningless startups, meaningless apps and meaningless companies. Votes: 0

I've actually taken companies public, I've actually busted companies, I've actually gone broke. Votes: 0

The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty. Votes: 0

The tobacco companies knew quite early on the addictive nature of their product. Votes: 0

Insurance companies sell what might happen tomorrow. Historians sell what certainly happened yesterday. Votes: 0

People being forced to get health care and the insurance companies making millions. Votes: 0

Individual investors predictably flock to stocks in companies that are in the news. Votes: 0

Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise. Votes: 0

Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter. Votes: 0

Most technology companies are culturally inept. They're never going to get curation right. Votes: 0

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies. Votes: 0

Great companies don't just have one founding moment. They have many founding moments. Votes: 0

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists Votes: 0

The fact is, there are Fortune 500 companies that have been founded during recessions. Votes: 0

You have more independent eyes scrutinizing the decision-making and financial statements of companies. Votes: 0

I don't know anything about bankrupting four companies. You [Donald Trump]'have bankrupted.. Votes: 0

Lot of companies are looking for advisory work on business strategy, restructuring work. Votes: 0

Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live. Votes: 0

Making money never was my incentive. I just want to fight big companies. Votes: 0

You know, people tend to like to buy companies that are doing well. Votes: 0

I think that the best companies are companies that have a real purpose. Votes: 0

I'm lucky to have been able to represent different companies over my career. Votes: 0

The only thing the record companies put out now is 'Best of,' Votes: 0

There's really five companies who control 90% of what we read, see, and hear. Votes: 0

I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D. Votes: 0

The future lies with those companies who see the poor as their customers Votes: 0

I am excited to be part of the dynamic Guggenheim family of companies. Votes: 0

Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense. Votes: 0

I think there's a point to regulating, because there are snake oil companies. Votes: 0

Simpler companies are user centered. They adapt to the needs of day-to-day decision makers. Votes: 0

Capitalism and political systems - like companies - must constantly evolve to stay vital. Votes: 0

How do you create jobs? Our companies have generated about 350,000 jobs and that's good. Votes: 0

One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies. Votes: 0

And there are lots of drug companies that are working on cure or medicine. Votes: 0

Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them. Votes: 0

I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is. Votes: 0

I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people. Votes: 0

I made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia. Votes: 0

Free financial advice: buy life insurance for Saakashvili from US and UK insurance companies. Votes: 0

The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy. Votes: 0

I've tended to work at fast-growing companies that improve the way business gets done. Votes: 0

The Curbside founders are successful entrepreneurs, who each have sold their companies to Apple. Votes: 0

...we must support and protect individuals and companies engaged in life saving medical research Votes: 0

Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses. Votes: 0

...Silicon Valley's success comes from the way its companies build alliances with their employees. Votes: 0

The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio. Votes: 0

We willingly share personal information with companies for the convenience of using their products. Votes: 0

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling. Votes: 0

I want Wipro to be among the top ten IT companies in the world. Votes: 0

In promoting Sino-Swiss economic ties, transnational companies, such as Nestle,played an active role. Votes: 0

I may be a douche to some people, but I actually do run companies. Votes: 0

The eighties was an era when many companies were asset rich and cash poor. Votes: 0

Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies. Votes: 0

I've tended to work at fast-growing companies that improve the way business gets done. Votes: 0

I brought one big question with me to Harvard. Why do smart companies fail? Votes: 0

We Africans are able to build companies that can operate in the global environment. Votes: 0

Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart. Votes: 0

I want millionaires and billionaires and Big Oil companies to pay their fair share. Votes: 0

Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know. Votes: 0

Big companies are almost always far too slow to actually kill a small competitor. Votes: 0

Most companies don't have a good mechanism to give the CEO real, honest feedback. Votes: 0

The stereotypes really play into what kinds of companies women can get funded for. Votes: 0

I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will. Votes: 0

It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future Votes: 0

A lot of companies are still using social as the world's shortest press release. Votes: 0

Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits. Votes: 0

Of the 50 largest companies in the United States, you are the only woman CEO. Why? Votes: 0

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. Votes: 0

We have to do a better job of putting some rules on the insurance companies. Votes: 0

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views. Votes: 0

Google Ventures has a direct financial incentive to ensure the companies we invest in succeed. Votes: 0

Buy into good, well-researched companies and then wait. Let's call it a sit-on-your-hands investment strategy. Votes: 0

The only people who become wealthy by being concerned with the future are insurance companies. Votes: 0

The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector. Votes: 0

I think you can say a lot of evil behavior by companies is short-term optimization. Votes: 0

Bankruptcy laws allow companies to smoothly reorganize, but not college graduates burdened by student loans. Votes: 0

Great fit and synergism for both companies and excellent outcome for employees, customers and shareholders. Votes: 0

Web 1.0 was making the Internet for people, Web 2.0 is making the Internet better for companies. Votes: 0

Customer service teams at many companies have already embraced social media, often out of necessity. Votes: 0

Making consumer choices that reward eco-friendly products and companies is a great way to start. Votes: 0

There's nothing crazy about not letting our companies bring their money back into their country. Votes: 0

When companies try to guess what consumers want, they essentially make the choice for consumers. Votes: 0

Besides commercial benefits to the oil companies, equity oil abroad also provides national energy security. Votes: 0

Having a few companies controlling everything we read, see or hear is destroying our culture. Votes: 0

Koch companies employ 60,000 Americans, who make many thousands of products that Americans want and need. Votes: 0

Oil companies are radical because they're willing to alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere. Votes: 0

I'm sure the gasoline companies would love to keep their 100 percent monopoly on transportation fuel. Votes: 0

Most companies don't want their data co-mingled with other customers. Small companies will tolerate it. Votes: 0

To be successful, you should concentrate on the world of companies, not arcane accounting mathematics. Votes: 0

If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself. Votes: 0

The first thing you do is don't let the jobs leave. The companies are leaving. Votes: 0

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas. Votes: 0

Global market forces will sort out those companies that do not have sound corporate governance. Votes: 0

Throughout my career, I've been sponsored by several different equipment companies - Lynx, Titleist, Callaway. Votes: 0

In big companies projects have to scale and Lean Startup help us to do it Votes: 0

Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass. Votes: 0

Comic book companies are like comic book villains; they keep coming back after they die. Votes: 0

Great companies make meaning. A company has a name, but its people give it meaning. Votes: 0

Just like credit card companies, or those student loan people. Now there's evil for you. Votes: 0

One way to mitigate our risk is to invest in companies with understandable business models. Votes: 0

The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money. Votes: 0

Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland. Votes: 0

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child. Votes: 0

I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done. Votes: 0

I am very interested in bringing companies from everywhere to sell their products in China. Votes: 0

Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve. Votes: 0

It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton. Votes: 0

And thence from Athens turn away our eyes To seek new friends and stranger companies. Votes: 0

It's all about choices! You choose, you make the rules, not tobacco companies, not addiction Votes: 0

Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail, Votes: 0

In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. Votes: 0

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies. Votes: 0

Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, Good companies survive them, Great companies are improved by them. Votes: 0

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free. Votes: 0

American Eagle can be a selling point for other young, cutting-edge companies to come to Pittsburgh Votes: 0

History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies. Votes: 0

Successful companies are built by investing large amount of money and hundreds of litres of sweat. Votes: 0

I plan to lower corporate taxes to create an environment that encourages companies to invest more. Votes: 0

I think today you can move ahead working with global companies more than with national governments. Votes: 0

Politics has become very unpredictable, making things so very difficult for individuals and also for companies. Votes: 0

If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them. Votes: 0

Among the worlds 500 largest companies, not one has completely relied on its own growth to develop. Votes: 0

Among the world's 500 largest companies, not one has completely relied on its own growth to develop. Votes: 0

I think most of the dramatic new ideas come from little companies that then grow big. Votes: 0

Before 20 or 25 employees, most companies are structured with everyone reporting to the founder. It's totally flat. Votes: 0

The biggest opportunity for big companies has come by far in the digitization of internal processes. Votes: 0

CEOs will struggle to keep themselves and their companies current, relevant, and ahead of the curve. Votes: 0

One problem I have with drug companies is that they don't make all their data public. Votes: 0

The big corporations and the big companies turned musicians into factory workers on an assembly line. Votes: 0

Quality is the one absolutely necessary ingredient of all the most successful companies in the world. Votes: 0

Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive. Votes: 0

The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't. Votes: 0

I used to run record companies, and I went to the advertising business at 29 years old. Votes: 0

The companies aren't hiring, because consumers don't have enough money to buy the goods and services. Votes: 0

Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times. Votes: 0

I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes. Votes: 0

There is no breach of European rules committed by companies from Romania or on Romanian territory. Votes: 0

The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments... but also their companies. Votes: 0

The point of an accelerator is to teach you about companies and business, not about technology. Votes: 0

... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders. Votes: 0

We're going to see a lot of companies that have been portals of entertainment become producers. Votes: 0

Profiting from companies that are overloading the atmosphere with carbon and changing the atmosphere is wrong. Votes: 0

Obviously record companies tend to be following what the scene is rather than making the scene. Votes: 0

Great companies are built by people who never stop thinking about ways to improve the business. Votes: 0

They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective. Votes: 0

Another way of looking at this, is that the best companies are almost always mission oriented. Votes: 0

It's very easy for trusted companies to mislead naive customers, and life insurance companies are trusted. Votes: 0

Typically, students slide into debt through the extension (by credit card companies) of unaffordable credit lines. Votes: 0

You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time. Votes: 0

We need to make it easier for companies to invest in good jobs here at home. Votes: 0

To have created one of the most respected companies in the world. Not necessarily the biggest. Votes: 0

The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's transfer of data. Votes: 0

I think the real bargains are what they would call the smaller, ignored and unloved companies. Votes: 0

All industry, not just the mining industry, can get out and give Aboriginal companies a chance. Votes: 0

Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Votes: 0

Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common. Votes: 0

You don't want to just do 'me too' companies that are copying what others are doing. Votes: 0

Most companies are busy making their products worse, not better. Updating is almost always a disaster. Votes: 0

Private companies have a lot of capital. They can run things efficiently and get projects built. Votes: 0

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people Votes: 0

Successful companies are built by investing lare amount of money and hundreds of litres of sweat. Votes: 0

Working at a big company sucks - avoid it. Smaller companies are 10 times better for learning. Votes: 0

The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. Votes: 0

We as Americans assume that big companies are bad, and big power companies are even worse. Votes: 0

The only companies that innovate are those who believe that innovation is vital for their future. Votes: 0

The Muslim companies should become self-sufficient in producing goods equal to the products of Western companies. Votes: 0

I'm a passive investor. There are people who are very aggressive; they try to buy companies. Votes: 0

The best companies are able to realize earnings in cash, not through calculations that belong in fantasyland. Votes: 0

The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services. Votes: 0

Small business, right down to the individual can beat big, bureaucratic companies ten times out of ten. Votes: 0

Standing with the poor means walking away from unethical leaders, even when their companies are 'succeeding.' Votes: 0

In a world of commoditized knowledge, the returns go to the companies who can produce non-standard knowledge. Votes: 0

Social media changes the relationship between companies and customers from master and servant, to peer to peer. Votes: 0

Don't let tobacco companies make the choices for you... they care about their own well-being, not yours Votes: 0

Big companies often use their leverage to take stakes in would-be suppliers, especially in the technology business. Votes: 0

Italian companies need to re-convert themselves, and such a re-conversion must be toward a better, higher standard. Votes: 0

One of the biggest lies in capitalism is that companies like competition. They don't. Nobody likes competition. Votes: 0

Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care. Votes: 0

The notion of the competitiveness of countries, on the model of the competitiveness of companies, is nonsense. Votes: 0

There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies. Votes: 0

In financing growing companies, we always looked for human value that didn't appear on the balance sheet. Votes: 0

New media companies look remarkably like the old ones they aspire to replace: male, pale, and privileged. Votes: 0

We have ripped the humanity out of our companies. It's threatening the very underpinnings of our society. Votes: 0

Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change. Votes: 0

It's more than unsettling to realize there are large companies out there developing backdoors, exploits and trojans. Votes: 0

When companies start out, they figure out a better way to do something, and they're very relevant. Votes: 0

The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups. Votes: 0

I truly believe that Yahoo! is one of the most compelling and dominant companies in the world. Votes: 0

In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies. Votes: 0

I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster. Votes: 0

In 2012, 40 of the top companies to work for were also among the top companies in social media. Votes: 0

The cloud services companies of all sizes; the cloud is for everyone. The cloud is a democracy. Votes: 0

First, only invest in companies that have the potential to return the value of the entire fund. Votes: 0

These companies are in it for their dollars, and whatever is hot that is what they follow. Votes: 0

I'm going to start a lot of companies. These are not sham companies. These are great businesses. Votes: 0

I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could. Votes: 0

There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies. Votes: 0

The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line. Votes: 0

In the absence of big budgets, start-ups learned how to hack the system to build their companies. Votes: 0

There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea"Š-"Šnot a pivot. Votes: 0

As an accountant by trade, my work for blue chip companies took me all over the world. Votes: 0

If a few companies were less greedy, the people at the bottom woud have a lot more. Votes: 0

The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies. Votes: 0

I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies. Votes: 0

Remember, before they promoted to the chair of CEO, they were the best employees of their companies. Votes: 0

The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists. Votes: 0

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits. Votes: 0

It's only men that I strip and flip. My companies I hold long and close to my heart. Votes: 0

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future. Votes: 0

You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future. Votes: 0

Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future. Votes: 0

I found in direct selling companies an education system designed to draw out the rich person in you. Votes: 0

There will be hundreds of new companies that will be created to develop these very simple data devices. Votes: 0

The elites - or managers in companies - no longer control the conversation. This is how insurrections start. Votes: 0

The NSA buys data from private companies, so the private companies are the source of all this stuff. Votes: 0

Of all the big Internet companies, Yahoo is the most highly valued on a price-earnings and price-sales basis. Votes: 0

You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future. Votes: 0

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally. Votes: 0

The single biggest reason companies fail is they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be. Votes: 0

The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before somebody else does. Votes: 0

One of the failures of technology companies is that they build technologies thinking everything else will work out. Votes: 0

Good companies do whatever it takes to make sure apps are great and don't hesitate to add features. Votes: 0

We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy. Votes: 0

I prefer liquor store robbers with hungry kids to companies that locate offshore to avoid U.S. taxes. Votes: 0

There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers. Votes: 0

I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa. Votes: 0

Here in America we so are for family values, yet insurance companies do not cover all fertility procedures. Votes: 0

In America, we are putting our energy companies out of business. We have to bring back our workers. Votes: 0

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame. Votes: 0

In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education Votes: 0

During the desperate depression of the 1980s, there were no oil and gas companies without net operating losses. Votes: 0

I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in. Votes: 0

The best talent in the venture industry doesn't work in large companies and won't work in large companies. Votes: 0

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office Votes: 0

Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct. Votes: 0

I'm a great believer in new technology and I think new technology is very scary for newspaper companies. Votes: 0

We have two companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY troops doing nothing! Votes: 0

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office. Votes: 0

I had a critical father. I'm more like my father. He was a sales rep for pharmaceutical companies. Votes: 0

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you. Votes: 0

On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work. Votes: 0

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it. Votes: 0

Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets. Votes: 0

We're losing our companies; we're losing jobs; they devalue us out of business - China and these other countries. Votes: 0

Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful. Votes: 0

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets. Votes: 0

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it. Votes: 0

In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs. Votes: 0

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds Votes: 0

Pager companies are very much looking to provide new services to help them regain some of their customer base. Votes: 0

For a long time, companies ignored the fact that 80 percent of sporting goods are sold to the casual consumer. Votes: 0

I deal with guys in their 20s and early 30s who are presidents of companies, who are movie directors. Votes: 0

If you get rid of a lot of the poseurs by destroying record companies, maybe it's a good trade-off. Votes: 0

Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out. Votes: 0

if companies are in business solely to make money, no consumer can fully trust what they do or say. Votes: 0

All companies would be better off if they stopped trying to be amazing and just focused on being useful. Votes: 0

Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more. Votes: 0

There are two types of companies in the world: those that know they've been hacked, and those that don't. Votes: 0

We are always chasing after things that other companies won't touch. That is a big secret to our success. Votes: 0

Most big companies don't like you very much, except hotels, airlines and Microsoft, which don't like you at all. Votes: 0

Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line. Votes: 0

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined. Votes: 0

Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble. Votes: 0

Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the Web like deer on a freeway. Votes: 0

Great companies are defined by their discipline and their understanding of who they are and who they are not. Votes: 0

The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong. Votes: 0

We have a president [Barack Obama] that can't sit them [companies] around a table and get them to approve something. Votes: 0

It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies. Votes: 0

One of the greatest challenges companies face in adjusting to the impact of social media, is knowing where to start. Votes: 0

You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government. Votes: 0

The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term. Votes: 0

If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money. Votes: 0

And what do automobile companies do? They see something that's taking off and they want to mimic it, don't they? Votes: 0

Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great. Votes: 0

The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do. Votes: 0

There's a company behind every stock and a reason companies - and their stocks - perform the way they do. Votes: 0

This is a commodities business, so the companies that do it best are the ones that do it more efficiently. Votes: 0

This is a bit like big-game hunting. You look for companies of a certain size that deserve to be public. Votes: 0

China is an area where we need to be present. Lots of companies want to supply their products to China. Votes: 0

Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around. Votes: 0

As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are. Votes: 0

Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want. Votes: 0

The trans fat label has been an enormous incentive for food companies to take trans fat out of their products. Votes: 0

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest. Votes: 0

If you start a successful company in China at 11 A.M., by 2 P.M. there's three more companies like it. Votes: 0

You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore. Votes: 0

I can assure you that I have never used my media companies for propaganda, and I will never do so. Votes: 0

I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s. Votes: 0

Each year, food companies use an amount of salt that is every bit as staggering as it sounds: 5 billion pounds. Votes: 0

I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up. Votes: 0

The views expressed by Me are in no way endorsed by CBS any of its allied companies or in fact Me. Votes: 0

I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician. Votes: 0

I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same. Votes: 0

Mostly what I'm focused on is finding people who are younger who haven't built companies before but have a good idea. Votes: 0

I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation. Votes: 0

Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know. Votes: 0

If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some. Votes: 0

First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos. Votes: 0

A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes. Votes: 0

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them. Votes: 0

If you look at the Internet, it's been hard for a lot of the traditional media companies to launch viable brands. Votes: 0

If you'd asked me a few years ago about debt settlement companies, I probably would have told you to avoid them. Votes: 0

There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage. Votes: 0

Big media companies have lots of money and content, but they have no way to tap into a good base of users. Votes: 0

We've had public companies in the past in that business and they bleed. We've got a lot more blood than they do. Votes: 0

I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power. Votes: 0

Making media companies that you hope to sell is not a lot of fun for anyone who cares deeply about making media. Votes: 0

My obligation right now is to do well for myself, my family, my employees, for my companies. And that's what I do. Votes: 0

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Votes: 0

If companies don't know that they can run out of money, they won't be thinking of ways not to run out of money. Votes: 0

I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for. Votes: 0

A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant? Votes: 0