‘People here aren’t building their resumes as a stepping stone. They’re here for the ride. It’s such a rush.’ Even though she has made
Motivation
Johnny Carson
Dave Filo and Jerry Yang, co-founders of Yahoo
The goal is still to create a great service that lots of people use” Dave says. “That’s very gratifying.” Jerry adds “part of the
Geoff Yang/Alan Deutschman
For Yang, the way to lure talented people to start-ups is to describe the potential for accomplishing great things, not for accumulating more wealth.
J. Craig Venter, Molecular biologist, Former CEO of Celera, Who led the race to map the human Genome
There is no thrill like planning something like this, going after it, and succeeding. It’s a very selfish thing.
Alan Deutschman
In a company of millionaires, employees have to find fulfillment in their daily toil or they’ll simply quit.
Harriet Martineau
The charm was in the excitement – in the pleasure of sympathy in large enterprises – in the rousing of the faculties of imagination
Jim Collins
Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations) are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for
Peter Drucker
The drive for mergers and acquisitions comes less from sound reasoning and more from the fact that doing such deals is a much more
Jim Collins
What do the right people want more than almost anything else? They want to be part of a winning team. They want to contribute