“In fact , we might as well say "proprietary", which ,in fact, was the byword of the old computer industry.”

“Compaqs, Dells and Novells each of which emerged from practically nothing to become major corporations. What's the common among these companies is that they all instinctively followed the rules for success in a horizontal industry.”

“When people in the company start asking questions like @But how can we say "X" when we do "Y"? more than anything else this is a tip-off that a strategic inflection point may very well be in the making”

“Selectivity - the determination to choose what we will attempt to getdone and what we won't - is the only way out of the panic thatexcessive demands on our time can create.”

“The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change”

“As we throw ourselves into raw actions, our senses and instincts will rapidly be honed again”

“Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. The more Successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk and then another until there is nothing”