THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TIME-SHIFTED

“We’re entering a new phase of TiVo’s evolution. This year is all about the bottom line.”

TiVo CEO Mike Ramsay, on making a switch from six steady years of losses, Los Angeles Times, 11March 2005

http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-tivo11mar11,1,7431108.story

M&A > R&D

“Ray and his team are true innovators. Microsoft and its customers will greatly benefit from their experience.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on buying Lotus Notes inventor Ray Ozzie’s startup, USA Today, 10 March 2005

WE’RE LOOKING FOR HIGH-POTENTIAL LEADERS

“This behavior is unethical at best — a serious breach of trust that can not be countered by rationalization. Any applicant found to have done so will not be admitted to this school.”

Harvard Business School dean Kim Clark, on rejecting applicants who modified a URL to find out if they were admitted, Boston Globe, 8 March 2005

DOES THE FCC KNOW ABOUT THIS?

“Radio pissed on their own product and then cluttered it up.”

Publicis Groupe chief innovation officer Rishad Tobaccowala, on radio’s self-inflicted demise, BusinessWeek, 3 March 2005