Month: March 1998

“I can build a company in one or two days in the U.S.”

Olivier Zitoun, CEO of the French Internet telephony startup Aplio, on the time-to-market advantage that a less-than-patriotic Silicon Valley pied-à-terre gives his business, Business Week, 9 March 1998

“Frankly, I don’t think that anyone has a clean understanding of what’s causing the market to shrink back.”

Intel President Craig Barrett, showing a firm grasp on market forces that have forced a dive in the semiconductor giant’s stock price, ZDNN, 6 March 1998

“Would you rather change a stereotype about lip gloss or teach a girl how to be emotionally flexible in the face of exclusion?”

Brenda Laurel, vice president of design at Purple Moon, defending her product tie-in with Bonne Bell lip gloss, The New York Times, 5 March 1998

“I believe in winners and losers and the freedom to fail.”

Sun CEO Scott McNealy, grandstanding in front of the Senate panel investigating Microsoft’s dominance in the operating systems marketplace, The Washington Post, 4 March 1998

“I don’t see anybody else in the Internet space as actively focused on the business market as we are.”

David Dorman, PointCast’s recently crowned CEO, who may know that focus is everything, but doesn’t seem to realize that you have to be looking in the right direction first, News.com, 27 February 1998