Sam Altman & Elon Musk ·OpenAI ·18 FEB 2023

When a former ally attacks you in public, don't defend — pivot to asking what they'd do instead.

Eugene W. Landy ·UMH Properties, Inc. ·13 MAR 2008

The best time to be bullish on a market is right after everyone else has abandoned it.

DSP Group Board of Directors ·DSP Group Inc ·11 MAR 2013

Control of the boardroom is control of strategy — and some investors know exactly how to take it one committee at a time.

Reed Hastings & Netflix Leadership ·Netflix ·16 JUL 2020

Formalizing power someone already has is cheaper than losing them — and clearer for everyone watching.

Elon Musk & Ilya Sutskever ·OpenAI ·20 SEP 2017

The moment your funder's leverage looks like a path to absolute control, your co-founders stop building and start negotiating their exit.

Greg Brockman ·OpenAI ·31 JAN 2018

When you can't outspend competitors, out-trust them — moral high ground is a strategic asset, not a slogan.

Denelle Dixon-Thayer ·Mozilla ·4 NOV 2014

Sometimes the best deal isn't the biggest check — it's the one that buys you back your independence.

David Drummond ·Google ·23 MAR 2007

A build-it-yourself plan is only valid until a competitor's checkbook makes the timeline irrelevant.

Jeff Bezos ·Amazon.com, Inc. ·30 MAR 1998

The discipline isn't in what Bezos optimized for. It's in what he refused to apologize for not optimizing.

Warren Buffett ·Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. ·27 FEB 2009

Buffett doesn't apologize for the loss. He apologizes for the analysis. Those are different things and most CEOs conflate them.