Quotes

From Exponential Entrepreneurship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• “The essence of optimism is not its view of the present, but the fact that it is the inspiration of life, and hope when others give in; it enables a man to hold his head high when everything seems to be going wrong; it gives him strength to sustain reverses and yet to claim the future for himself instead of abandoning it to his opponent.”

Thomas Friedman in the World is Flat:

• For Friedman, cheap, ubiquitous telecommunications have finally obliterated all impediments to international competition, and the dawning 'flat world' is a jungle pitting 'lions' and 'gazelles,' where 'economic stability is not going to be a feature' and 'the weak will fall farther behind.' Rugged, adaptable entrepreneurs, by contrast, will be empowered.( Thomas Friedman's website)

A. G. Lafley, CEO of Proctor & Gamble in Wikinomics

• "No company today, no matter how large or how global, can innovate fast enough or big enough by itself... Wikinomics reveals the next historic step- the art and science of mass collabroations where companies open up to the world. It is an important book."

Nick Donofrio, EVP of Innovation and Technology, IBM Corporation

• "One of the most profound shifts transforming business and society in the early 21st century is the rapid emergence of open, collaborative innovation models.... [This]demands the immediate attention of every business, academic and government leader who is interested in driving change."

Dr. Marco Iansiti, Harvard Business School, "The Keystone Advantage"

• "Strategy is becoming, to an increasing extent, the art of managing assets that one does not own."