When seeking out sources of motivation, people often turn to insightful quotes from those they admire. These excerpts and sound bites offer inspiration and a valuable look into the mindsets of successful figures. That’s why books and articles written about famous billionaires, from Warren Buffett to Oprah Winfrey, are often popular, because we want to […]
Michael Dell
Dell World: The Very Public Resurgence of a Newly-Private Company
On the eve of a New Year and the heels of the company’s founder having taken the behemoth private again, we were guests at Dell World in Austin, Texas, at one of the best of times to be there. “It’s exciting when a company goes private again,” said Michael Dell, kicking off Dell World in Austin, […]
Carl Icahn to Grads on Corporate Management: ‘We Have an Inability to Compete’ [Video]
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Carl Icahn, noted Wall Street giant and successful investor, spoke at the Drexel University LeBow College of Business commencement ceremony on June 14, 2008. It couldn’t be more appropriate that his speech focused on what he saw as the main management problem plaguing American business today, and what he felt the new graduates could do […]
Why It Pays to Create Your Own Market
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” —Henry Ford, founder, Ford Motor Company. There are two kinds of entrepreneurs: those who create markets and those who do not. On the one hand, the entrepreneur who creates markets is considered a revolutionary while the entrepreneur who competes in […]