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Crushing your enemy, seeing them driven before you and hearing the lamentations of their women is victory (e.g. Larry Ellison). $170 million is retirement.
by davidmathers 17y ago
Crushing your enemy, seeing them driven before you and hearing the lamentations of their women is victory (e.g. Larry Ellison). $170 million is retirement.
- plinkplonk 17y ago"Crushing your enemy, seeing them driven before you and hearing the lamentations of their women is victory" While some management "self help" books use war as a metaphor for business, business isn't really war. The Genghis Khan quote you used might be appropriate for a medieval era barbarian general, not so much a businessman in the 21st century. "Victory" for a startup is meetings its founders'/investors' goals. No more no less.
- thrdOriginal 17y agoThe quote is from Conan the Barbarian: it is a funny quote, a funny post, and probably not meant to be taken as a metaphor for business.
- plinkplonk 17y ago"The quote is from Conan the Barbarian:" You think? ;-) And where did Robert E Howard get it from? Ole Genghiz said this a looong time ago. Look it up.
- gaius 17y agoYou say that, but I remember going to Oracle sales conferences in the 90s with lasers, employees lined up wearing black uniforms, Vanessa Mae playing her electric violin and a VP on stage ranting about bringing Oracle's rivals to their knees while the crowd cheered and punched the air. Hell, I was only there for the canapes...
- cvg 17y agoI'm sure it's a thrill to crush an enemy, but I think I'd rather take a few million and have some women console my "loss." Lamenting women just doesn't do it for me.