Andrew Grove
United States
2 Sep 1936 // 21 Mar 2016
Businessman, Engineer
2 Sep 1936 // 21 Mar 2016
Businessman, Engineer
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The essence of a company like Intel is execution and strategy. Intel, looked at in another way, is a three-legged stool. One leg is technology�design and silicon technology � another leg is manufacturing, and the third leg is marketing. Whenever Intel did well it was because the three legs were equal. Whenever one of those legs was shorter than the others, we wobbled.
Having a large business is not against the law. Achieving it in violation of fairly specifically prescribed codes of behavior is. So we don't worry about the grand concept of it. We don't worry about being big, we worry about not being big enough. But we are worried about playing by the rules�not just the letter of the law, but the spirit of the law.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays