Panasonic

Konosuke Matsushita began the Panasonic’s journey by inventing a two-socket light fixture. The invention was rejected by his employer, so Matsushita left the company and founded the Panasonic Corporation.

Beatles

The then Director of Decca Records turned down the Beatles. He said to their promoter, 'We don't like your boys' sound. Groups of guitarists on the way out.

Dell

Michael Dell 

WalMart

 

AliBaba

Jack Ma, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world, went through a lot of rejection before he was the richest person in China. He was rejected from Harvard 10 times. No banks would work with him, so Ma decided to start his own payment program called Alipay that is used today by over 1 billion people.

Amazon

"Every well-intentioned, high-judgment person we asked told us not to do it," says Jeff Bezoz, the founder of Amazon.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Warren Buffet investment quotes

I don't use analysts or fortune tellers.

Warren Buffett

Larry Ellison innovation quotes

When you innovate,

you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

Larry Ellison

Oracle

Tom Kelley quotes on innovation

We go to the source. Not the "experts", but the actual people who use something similar to what we're hoping to create.

Tom Kelley

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Vadim Kotelnikov on innovation

Great business is a daring vision of a passionate and creative victor,

not a blueprint by a consultant.

Vadim
Kotelnikov

Innompics

Seth Godin on innovation

Big ideas are little ideas

that no-one killed too soon.

Seth Godin

Squidoo

Konosuke Matsushita innovation adivice quotes

Even when everyone around you say it's impossible, if you step back and rethink your task in the simplest possible terms.

Konosuke Matsushita

Panasonic

 

 

 

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