#ovation

The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#apple #ceased #certainly #computer #computer industry

Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone's imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is, many companies don't have great imagination, but their view of reality tells them that it's impossible to do what they imagine. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#between #companies #great #imagination #imagine

Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess. ↗

— David Suzuki

#art work #combined #created #growth #how

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#arise #become #being #being overwhelmed #enough

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#functions #innovation #marketing #only #two

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation. ↗

— Dora Russell

#council #especially #great #innovation #measures

Small businesses are vital contributors to our economy. They are the economic engine that is creating jobs, exploring innovation, and expanding opportunities for Americans in every community across the Nation. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

#businesses #community #contributors #creating #economic

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. ↗

— John Stossel

#discovery #fuel #innovation #own #people

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#admit #best #get #improving #innovate

One of the things I like about the computer that I use is that I can write a program on it or I can download a program on to it and run it. That's kind of important to me, and that's also kind of important to the whole future of the internet... obviously a closed platform is a serious brake on innovation. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#also #brake #closed #computer #download