01c. 1961 ADCEOs will gladly overpay for a company if the acquisition enables them to keep their jobs.Jay Samit / quote ↗
02c. 1961 ADThere are two types of people in this world: those whose look for opportunity and those who make it happen.Jay Samit / quote ↗
03c. 1961 ADThe business world is littered with the fossils of companies that failed to evolve. Disrupt or be disrupted. There is no middle ground.Jay Samit / quote ↗
04c. 1961 ADYou have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.Jay Samit / quote ↗
05c. 1961 ADAll businesses -- no matter if they make dog food or software -- don't sell products, they sell solutions.Jay Samit / quote ↗
06c. 1961 ADThere is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.Jay Samit / quote ↗
07c. 1961 ADThere are riches to be found simply by capturing the value released through others' disruptive breakthroughs.Jay Samit / quote ↗
08c. 1961 ADThe majority of people are not willing to risk what they have built for the opportunity to have something better.Jay Samit / quote ↗
09c. 1961 ADWould you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?Jay Samit / quote ↗
10c. 1961 ADDisruption isn't about what happens to you, it's about how you respond to what happens to you.Jay Samit / quote ↗
12c. 1961 ADDisruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.Jay Samit / quote ↗
13c. 1961 ADSelf-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.Jay Samit / quote ↗
15c. 1961 ADNetworking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.Jay Samit / quote ↗
16c. 1961 ADTo thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection.Jay Samit / quote ↗
17c. 1961 ADYouTube began as a failed video-dating site. Twitter was a failed music service. In each case, the founders continued to try new concepts when their big ideas failed. They often worked around the clock to try to overcome their failure before all their capital was spent. Speed to fail gives a startup more runway to pivot and ultimately succeed.Jay Samit / quote ↗
18c. 1961 ADThere is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out.Jay Samit / quote ↗
19c. 1961 ADThe greatest challenge to most innovation centers around the world is many nations' punitive attitudes towards failure. In most of the world, if your first business fails, no one will work with you again. But, trial and error is the genesis of innovation.Jay Samit / quote ↗
20c. 1961 ADEvery product you have ever loved was a compromise from the ideal vision of its creators to the realities of shipping on time, on budget, and on price point. Anyone who has ever manufactured a physical product that had to be on the shelves for Christmas shopping knows how painful these choices can be.Jay Samit / quote ↗
21c. 1961 ADThere is no better feeling than doing well while you are doing good. If you really want to meet the nicest, most caring people in your field, get involved with charity work. The thankless hours that go into planning charity dinners, running a carnival, and gathering donations for silent auctions are noticed and appreciated.Jay Samit / quote ↗
22c. 1961 ADCreating something that builds lasting value and changes the lives of millions of people requires forging a team that will work hard to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, stand up to the pressures of fame and fortune, and stay true to the original vision long after others stop believing.Jay Samit / quote ↗
23c. 1961 ADThe strength of brand loyalty begins with how your product makes people feel.Jay Samit / quote ↗
24c. 1961 ADI never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.Jay Samit / quote ↗
