You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if the torch-holder, if the value-creator isn't there, then we don't make it happen.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.
Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won't make a company successful.
It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake.
Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world.
The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.
Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.
Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
I think that the entertainment industry itself has a history of chasing success. Any time a hit product comes out, all the other companies start chasing after that success and trying to recreate it by putting out similar products.
Anybody can build a company and sell the company the next day. That doesn't make you special, it doesn't make you unique, it doesn't make you all that great.
The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present - and that's not fully valued.