In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.
I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.
Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.
I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete.
If you don't operate it as a business, you aren't going to be around very long.
In any business, you have to evolve.
And I think that still is true of this business - which is basically research and development - that you probably spend more time in planning and training and designing for things to go wrong, and how you cope with them, than you do for things to go right.
My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.
There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.
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