the truism I like is: nothing happens until somebody sells something. In other words, all those inconvenient nitty-gritty details like product *do* matter.
Dana On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:51:30 -0500, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andy wrote: > > Then he should rejoin the military at a lower level. The Best CEO's are not > > those that know how to work the lathe. > > What school did you get your MBA from? > > The best CEOs are the ones that know the business, understand that > growth takes time and partnerships, and can manage at each stage. > That usually means the guys who started the business with one lathe > and then grew it into a billion dollar company. > > It's the ones who don't know how to work the lathe that are failures. > > Success Examples: > > Jeff Bezos > Jeff Immelt > Warren Buffett > Steve Jobs > Bill Gates > Andy Grove > > These are all guys that either started their business from scratch or > were line managers. They understood how to make the numbers, but that > growth meant patience and partners. > > Failure Examples: > > Jeff Skilling > Gary Winnick > Louis Borders > > These are all guys that thought they had a "new paradigm" or that if > they built the infrastructure of a billion dollar company, somehow it > would work. That is, there are the guys who didn't know the business, > didn't have patience, and didn't understand partnership. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133427 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
