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At his urging, Hyatt was soon producing new antifriction bearings for automobiles. At age 24, he became the president of Hyatt, where he supervised all aspects of the company’s business. Hyatt bearings became a standard in the automobile industry, and the company grew rapidly under his leadership.

Alfred P Sloan Jr. • My Years With General Motors

Ernest already had plans for the royalties from the book. He was going to establish a trust fund for his family with the earnings from the first 70,000 copies; everything beyond that was going toward the purchase of a boat.

A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

From David Ogilvy:

Through maddening repetition, some of my obiter dicta have been woven into our culture. Here are some of them:

(1) “We sell – or else."

(2) “You cannot bore people into buying your product; you can only interest them in buying it.”

(3) "We prefer the discipline of knowledge to the anarchy of ignorance. We pursue knowledge the way a p

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Eric Ries • The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Morgan’s famous testimony to Congress that character came before money or property.

Frank Partnoy • The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals

But as is so often the case with men who have made it like this, he was arrogant and self-righteous.

Jay Rubin • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International)

“I believe that the best magazine articles have at least two—and better if three—elements to them: access, narrative, and disclosure. That is: on-the-ground reporting; a story arc with a beginning, middle, and end; and revelations that move the scholarship forward. A great magazine article must also always have at its core a measure of conflict. We... See more

Let’s be clear: You can’t afford to wait until after it’s finished to figure out who what you’re making is for. Why? Because too often the answer turns out to be: no one. You have to think about it now. Before you’ve made it. While you’re making it.

Ryan Holiday • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

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