Forbes - great minds of business: companion to the public television series
Five extraordinary individuals share their insights and experiences with journalist Gretchen Morgenson, Senior Editor at Forbes magazine, in Forbes Great Minds of Business, a unique collection of conversations. With exceptional business acumen, extraordinary resiliency, and a strong sense of commitm...
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| Summary: | Five extraordinary individuals share their insights and experiences with journalist Gretchen Morgenson, Senior Editor at Forbes magazine, in Forbes Great Minds of Business, a unique collection of conversations. With exceptional business acumen, extraordinary resiliency, and a strong sense of commitment, these great minds of business have achieved levels of success unmatched in their fields. They have survived and thrived during an era roiled by transformation, keeping their fortunes - and their reputations - intact at a time when either can be ruined more quickly than made. They have brought about monumental change, introducing groundbreaking products and services. Very simply, they have transformed the way American business is conducted In fascinating, one-on-one dialogues, these industry icons speak with complete candor and refreshing humility. The revealing interviews encompass not only their work, but their individual motivations and fears, their past achievements, and their future goals. Together, these leaders exemplify the qualities essential to prevailing in today's business world: ambition, focus, perseverance, and humor |
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FOREWORD BY TIMOTHY C. FORBES IX
INTRODUCTION XI
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ANDREW GROVE
CHAIRMAN, CEO AND CO FOUNDER INTEL CORPORATION 1
Joining Intel in 1988 • Moving ahead one step at a time •
Responding to change • Fear as an ally in management •
Tearing wings off flies • Gordon Moore and getting out of the
memory chips • Having the outsider s perspective • Going out
the revolving door • Turning Intel s troubles into opportuni¬
ties—a phenomenal turnaround • Living in fear • Maintaining
the engine of reinvention • Betting on the PC as a worldwide
communications tool • The speed of innovation • Mo ing away
from vertical integration • Going with Gordon • The Intel
Inside • Forging an identity • Intel—design, technology, mar¬
keting and sales • The problem with the Pentium chip •
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Conducting postmortems • Learning from failure • Only the
Paranoid Survive • Characteristics of a Successful CEO • High
Output Management • The elements of leadership • America s
place in global business • The impact of e mail • The next big
thing • Another generation of computing capabilities •
28 years at Intel • Knowing when to move on
FRED SMITH
FOUNDERAND CEO, FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 35
Getting the big idea • An apocryphal story • Having a different
perspective • Kaleidoscope Thinking • The early months of
Federal Express • Building an billion company • Dealing
with emotional upheaval • Gaining perspective from the
Marines • Dealing with internal resistance • Revolutionizing
the way business operates • Adjusting to globalization and
using technology • Time is money • Entrepreneurial skills and
management • The importance of discipline and commitment
• Recognizing innovation • Experience from Vietnam •
Defining leadership • Tough business decisions • Personal sat¬
isfaction • The next big thing • A great time for entrepreneurs
• Luck and timing • Having a sense of humor • FedEx as a
household name
PETER LYNCH
FORMER MANAGER OF FIDELITY MAGELLAN FUND 73
One of the world s foremost stock pickers • After Fidelity •
The power of the individual investor • Recognizing trends •
Understanding what a company does • Watching the balance
sheet • A few good companies • Knowing when to buy • Profit¬
ing from Chrysler • All sizzle, no steak • Investing for the long
haul • The facts about mutual funds and bonds • A dismal time
_W n ILI1 IJ
in 1987 • 1990: A scan year • Growing Magellan • Individual
stocks vs. mutual funds • Finding the big stocks • Individuals
driving the market • Starting out on the golf course • Some
early successes • Beginning at Fidelity • Turning over the most
rocks • Maintaining flexibility • Lessons from the market •
Learning to wait for long term stock movements • Practicing
with poker • What efficient market theory doesn t account for
• Cutting out the noise to hone in on the facts • Long shots are
no shots • America as competitor in the global economy • The
heroes of America: individual risk takers
PLEASANT ROWLAND
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT. PLEASANT COMPANY 121
Recapturing childhood simplicity • The year of the Cabbage
Patch Kids • Dolls which bring history and everyday experi¬
ence to life • Being in the little girl business • American Girl
Magazine • Early lessons in business at the dinner table •
Details count, right down to the needlepoint • Forget focus
groups * An arena for creativity • Embracing the competition •
Creating memorable mother daughter moments • Keeping
customers a little bit starved for new products • The concept
behind The American Girl of Today • Filling a void—and not
with mere stuff • The Gotz family • The first 1000 dolls •
Dealing with competition • Mission of perfection • Rejecting
arbitrary business goals • Sincerity of tone as marketing philos¬
ophy • Weaving the tapestry with tight threads
PAUL VOLCKER
FORMER CHAIRMAN. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD 157
The gold standard and fear of centralized authority • Stabiliz¬
ing the yo yo of financial panic • The ins and outs of the
VII
CONTENTS
Federal Reserve • In the public eye • A father s rigorous exam¬
ple of public service • Breaking the back of inflation • . . . but
it s not dead and buried • Effect of the world economy on
prices • Underestimating the problem of volatile currencies •
Will the Euro work? • Defending central banks from private
pools of capital • The American dichotomy of surplus and
deficit • Our tendency to be spendthrift—the problem and its
solution • Knowing when to tighten or relax monetary policy •
Staving off Social Security bankruptcy • The fairy tale of tax
cuts • Keeping politicians apprised • The lesson of torn credit
cards • Russia s battle for a stable banking system • Ferreting
out refugee accounts from Swiss banks • Fishing, a patient
chase
HISTORICAL TIMELINES 201
INDEX 217
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