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“I’ve learned that you don’t get what you expect. You get what you inspect.” – meg Whitman at HP analyst briefing 10/4/2011

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“Education is not filling a pail. It is lighting a fire!”–William Yeats

As mentioned by Dean Kamen in CEA Magazine

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notes from reading Dr. Madan Mohan’s 23 Principles of successful product companies

Kim and Maubrogne (1997) 5 Major dimensions of strategy between high growth and other companies. Attempt to change the industry conditions Focus on bettering themselves than just beat the competition Let unprofitable customers go Shed commodity resources/skills Think in terms of offering total solutions to the customers Hagel and brown (2005) Growth opportunities will be […]

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“Persistance leads to luck every time”–Summer Pitt, Crescent Dawn

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“Our life is what our thoughts make it”–Marcus Aurelius

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“Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough." –Lord Chesterfield, British statesman

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“If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality." –Walter Gropius, German architect

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“The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it." –François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer

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Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It’s unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don’t have to try." –Peggy Noonan, U.S. presidential speechwriter

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“Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious." –B.C. Forbes, Scottish financial journalist