A lot of people have a great business idea; they just need a little push to make it a reality.
I think Steve Wynn, who was like my mentor and a second father, has been a great inspiration. He's a great mentor because he's a guy who's had great business success but also has always been driven by creativity - and inspired creativity.
It can't be that difficult to build a great thermostat. So I decided to figure out: What would the thermostat for the iPhone generation look like? I got this bug. It really infected my brain. I kept thinking about it. This could be a cool product that matters and a cool product that has a great business.
To build a great business, you have to do something hard just to be able to withstand all the competition that will later come your way.
I don't think anybody ever started a great business because they wanted to make a little more cash. They had a dream. They wanted to better their life.
Google has a great product. They've built a great business.
Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our names in the press.
The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or just another business property.
I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.
If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.
Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young people in India, in Pakistan, in Africa. If they can use in the same ways.
It's been a rollercoaster ride. There have been some great moments and some low points... like when I was leaving Stax. That's when I actually thought of getting out of the business.
'Straight Outta Compton' was such a great movie, and obviously, I'm in the music business, so getting to see that piece of history was amazing, and it was an incredible movie.
I think the opportunity to bring together the people in the world of politics, business and entertainment and have an opportunity to listen to their best learning and thinking is a great opportunity.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Business is usually a team sport. There isn't one great person sitting there directing things. You can't run an effective business like that.
The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.
I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.
Whether you have incredible products like at Apple or a great service business, it all comes down to fundamental trust and relationship-building with your customers.
My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's really where I would have liked to have gone. But the genetic link was not intact there, so I wound up going into business. But I love to write, still. I'm not a great writer, but I enjoy it.
