Rob Pike Quotes

From a product development perspective, choosing whether a technology is disruptive at a potential moment is key.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

It's important to have a really clear strategy so when you are in business, you only have to make micro-strategy changes.

Every time we bring someone in we ensure that they are a strategic thinker, but even more important that they understand that if the products aren't successful and the products don't sell that there won't be anything to strategize about.

Empirical and observational data along with a healthy dash of intuition often have to be combined as business owners begin to look outward, not inward, at what solutions they can provide to their customers.

Business is the systematic playing of games.

I've always prided myself on doing what really was best for business.

When companies are successful or not successful, they almost immediately jump to the wrong conclusions about how they got there or why they got there.

You need to run the company on an even keel, and you need to be thinking about the company long-term and how to drive your next innovation.

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.

There is something about military history that fascinates me. You find that many battles have been lost by people with very good military background when they fought battles in a battleground they didn't understand. I have seen that in business, too. You have to look at a marketplace like a battle-ground.

We recognize the need to adapt to a changing competitive environment.

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.

Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.

As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business.

Good household decision-making often relies on thinking about your household like a firm.

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.

You need to make certain decisions to expand your market.

Being a conglomerate, each of our businesses has a different challenge; business landscape is different for each business. It makes it challenging as well as exciting.