"Almost all of the many predictions now being made about 1996 hinge on the internet's continuing exponential growth. But I predict the internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse."

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Source : "Zen and the Art of Systems Analysis: Meditations on Computer Systems Development". Book by Patrick Mcdermott, 2002.

Robert Metcalfe

#Growth Quotes #Internet Quotes #Made Quotes

“Ladies of the choir, I want you to sound like twenty-two women having babies without chloroform.”
“I'm not the hero who will always save the day, don't always wear a white hat, don't always know the way. I may not even be the dream you wanted to come true, but I'll always be the man in love with you.”
“I think there is a great quote - and I feel horrible that I don't know who said this - but it was a great quote, it says, "The only difference between all of us are the ones who are loved and the ones who are not."”
“A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.”
“I'm sure, to many people, my life is not that exciting, but to me every day is an adventure.”
“If consensus is overrated, I think balance is, too. I have no interest in living a balanced life. I want a life of adventure.”
“It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.”

Source : "Ice-cream icon Jerry Greenfield shares his top tips for business startups". Interview with Matthew Jenkin, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2013.
“Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that itâ€™s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to their resource base. Without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business.”

Source : Yvon Chouinard (2006). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman”, p.159, Penguin

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