Innovation Quotes - Page 12

Innovation opportunities do not come with the tempest but with the rustling of the breeze.

Costa Rica remains peacefully and firmly committed to the well- being and safety of our population. We promote a model of development based upon harmony with nature; solidarity and social inclusion; economic and trade opening; development of our human resources, and innovation.

Open source isn't about saving money, it's about doing more stuff, and getting incremental innovation with the finite budget you have.

You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the internet industry it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.

We need innovation. We need great ideas that can be simply and effectively produced all over the place.

Innovation never happens as planned.

Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.

Innovation almost always is not successful the first time out. You try something and it doesn't work and it takes confidence to say we haven't failed yet. Ultimately you become commercially successful.

NASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to the kind of risk necessary for innovation.

Microsoft is always two years away from failure.

I do not innovate. I transmit.

Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations.

There's a huge misconception that innovation is mostly about inventing or coming up with cool new things. More often than not, innovation is about figuring out what people really need or want but can't have or afford.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.

When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives.

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

Innovation is saying 'no' to 1,000 things.

A great brand is a promise, a compact with a customer about quality, reliability, innovation, and even community. And while the concept of brand is intangible, brand equity is far from it.

What I'm doing is obeying the law of diffusion of innovations.

You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.

Too many rules will stifle innovation.

In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the confidence to make decisions even in moments of crisis.

There are only two things in a business that make money - innovation and marketing, everything else is cost.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.