The inspired ceo Quotes

“I see a role for specialized knowledge, but I think that it's important for there to be an arena where it is shared, where it is communicated. It's not that somebody shouldn't have specialized knowledge. The ability to dig a trench and lay a cable is a kind of specialized knowledge. Farmers have specialized knowledge, too. The question is: what sort of knowledge is privileged in our societies? I don't think that a CEO is more valuable to society and ought to be paid ten million dollars a year, while farmers and laborers starve.The range of what is valued has become so extreme that one lot of people have captured it and left three-quarters of the world to live in unthinkable poverty, because their work is not valued. What would happen if the sweepers of the city went on strike or the sewage system didn't work? A CEO wouldn't be able to deal with his own shit.”

“Remember, before they promoted to the chair of CEO, they were the best employees of their companies.”

“As a CEO, how do you know you are investing in technology that supports productivity?”

“Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.”

“We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.”

“Each segment of the worm is directly reproduced as a whole worm, just as each cell of the American CEO can produce a new CEO.”

“Strategy is not really a solo sport – even if you’re the CEO.”

“Don’t live like a CEO when you’re still a sandwich artist.”

“You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture.”