Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions.
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Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.
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Quite frankly, I am not very comfortable in chitchat. When I go to board meetings, I arrive two minutes before and leave when it's over. I don't stay for lunch or go early and have coffee.
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Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land.
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I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.
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The Internet is ultimately about innovation and integration, but you don't get the innovation unless you integrate Web technology into the processes by which you run your business.
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