“Blackwater's dedication to efficiency formed the cornerstone of our entire corporate culture. It was perhaps the ultimate benefit of our streamlined hierarchy: The company had one owner— me— so no stockholders to answer to. There was no board of directors to argue with, and no interminable bureaucra…”— Erik Prince, amazon.comTagged: Against Bureaucracy, being at the right place at the right time, Blackwater, Jim; Moynihan, or even being just plain lucky. Paul
“On the morning of my forty-second birthday, I got a call from my mother. 'Happy birthday,' she said. 'Remember, your dad was forty-two when he had his first attack.' The men in my family don't tend to grow old. I think about that sometimes, when I see my teenage kids dig through the refrigerator in…”— Erik Prince, amazon.comTagged: Businesses in Retrospect, Capitalism, Health, Heart Attack, IRS
“The Big Three automakers loved that my father backed his research and development with his own funds; if prototypes failed, he took on all the losses. The approach made him relentless and tactical; every mistake the company made was documented and chronicled in a notebook he stored in his office des…”— Erik Prince, amazon.comTagged: Errors = Portals Of Discovery, Humbling Gifts, Mistakes, Relentless, Your Money