Thursday, December 10, 2009

"Remember, when you are building a company, you are creating two products." -John Osher

A brilliant man. I learned more from listening to him for 30 minutes than I did not countless hours in other classes.

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"Unplanned money is like water pooled on your roof" -cn

Money has to be flowing through planned channels for it to be helpful.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

"When I think I understand, I don't." -cn

Lack of understanding is simply part of the human condition. Progress is all we can reasonably hope for. Real understanding is not a mental process. It is manifest in our interactions - in our dancing with the people and situations in our lives.

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

"If you don't work to make a profit, every business deal will turn into a scam." -cn

Everyone has to win. If you lose or the other guy loses, the deal is a scam.

"Business has only two functions -- marketing and innovation." -Peter Drucker

A company has to have both. Marketing without innovation is a pipe with no water. Innovation without marketing just pours out over the ground - an undelivered promise.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -Albert Einstein

A variation of "Nothing fails like success."

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"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." -William Shakespere's Hamlet

As soon as we think we have it figured out, we provide obvious evidence we don't.

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"The economy works not on goods and services but on good and service." -cn

I got the guts of this quote from Derrill Dalby as we were driving home from a Schreckengost licensing jaunt. He summarized a thousand words he had to endure from.

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -Albert Einstein

How is it that by 5th grade, kids no longer consider themselves artists? We are all artists in one sense of the word or another. Let's rediscover our childhood fascination with creating.

"We're not alone...and we're here to grow." -cn

The variety of meanings is intended.

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"We're here to grow...and we're not alone." -cn

The variety of meanings is intended.

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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -Albert Einstein

We are so often thrown to make things simpler than they are so we don't have to live with open questions. In doing so, we cut short the adventure.

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