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I met with several public company CEOs to learn about their experiences of going public and listened to as many earnings calls as I possibly could.


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HARRELL SMITH I have scraped together as many talents as I possibly could.
KAZUHIKO TOYAMA As a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and public company CEO, nothing irks me more than when a st...
JAY SAMIT Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depressio...
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JOAN MCGOWAN I went from as high as I could possibly be to as low as you could possibly be overnight.
CLINT BARMES Contemporary literature said that if you could afford it, spend as much as you possibly can on the p...
WARE PETZNICK I think we changed about as much as you can possibly change, so there's a lot to learn.
WILL HERRING My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them...
DANA PRIEST I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one grou...
HILLARY CLINTON They want to learn as much as they possibly can about doing business with China, and about what's dr...
JOANN RYAN China is a huge market, and as a soon-to-be-public company, Google could not afford to sit on the si...
JOHN BATTELLE I wanted to open as soon as we possibly could. We've just had a lot of people with stuff to give awa...
JUDY RENO Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get.
JUNOT DIAZ As long as the recreation department is satisfied, and the needs are met, that's fine with me. I und...
ASHLEY HAHN The concept of preserving history, collating full archives, making them as usable as possible so the...
SARAH HARRISON I don't want the public to be confused about these names. I want the public to be focused on what th...
DON CLARK I think the public does benefit from it. It serves the public. We don't look at it as public service...
GLENN MCFADDEN We're going to resolve as many of these issues as we possibly can,
JAKE BRACE The park could go back to the public in 2007. We'll get it back to the public as quickly as possible...
JEFF HOLYFIELD I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I w...
KATHERINE DUNHAM I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them...
JACKIE COOPER Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know a...
TONY SNOW For several years more I maintained public relations with the Almighty. But privately, I ceased to a...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.
DAN QUINN CBGB always gave musicians a platform to say important things, ... It's time we did something to sav...
PUBLIC ENEMY I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a vi...
FEISAL ABDUL RAUF I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them...
JACKIE COOPER The public that I had contact with overwhelmingly wanted a nationwide search. It's going to take a w...
HORACE TART We feel he hasn't listened to the public and the public's opinion. As citizens, this [recall] is the...
JOHN MANNING Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can ...
CURTIS CARLSON It is much more convenient not to be a public company. As a private company you don't have to gi...
MARC RICH What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY As an entrepreneur, in many ways it's like looking into the crystal ball for what my company wil...
MIKE MCCUE We recognize the important role that public worship plays in many communities, as well as the sincer...
JOHN PAUL STEVENS This is open to the public. We hope to have as many people as possible.
AMY TRIMBLE I always wanted to start a public company and make a lot of money.
MARTIN SHKRELI I've really tried to strip my writing of as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can.
ERIK LARSON I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image w...
DAVID DUVAL Do I regret taking the company public? Yes and no. Yes, because it put us under enormous pressure fo...
DAVID TALBOT This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
GERALDINE FERRARO This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy ...
CARROLL QUIGLEY A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritu...
GARY ZUKAV I don't see myself as an icon. I was very moved by the response to my book; it brought me into relat...
CAROL GILLIGAN We're going to get as many people involved in the passing game as we can. We can't throw every ball ...
BRET MEYER There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as...
MOBY I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's als...
GORDON BROWN Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as we...
DWYANE WADE I hated being a public company CEO.
JOHN KATZMAN I enjoy not being a public company.
MARC ANDREESSEN I do not believe (his ideas) would work in large companies, such as in a public limited company for ...
IAN ANGELL I'm not sure that it matters as much to women as to our male colleagues to have the public adula...
JENNY SHIPLEY When you are not in a public arena, you don't have to worry as much about short-term earnings prospe...
ROBERT WEIBLE I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only ...
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN [In July, when Richardson's duties as speaker required him to make several public appearances on St....
GLENN RICHARDSON There's no question the calls from the public have increased, ... These include calls from the publi...
DON KELLY I think we've been about as inefficient as you could possibly be this year, and that's why we had to...
HARRY STONECIPHER I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum.
IVAN GLASENBERG I don't think we're going in with any formula with this game, ... I think you could see as few as tw...
MARC STEIN I don't think we're going in with any formula with this game. I think you could see as few as two or...
MARC TRESTMAN Because of the very public nature of the original tragedy and the public nature of the misrepresenta...
JUDGE MARY SCHROEDER The goal of the Partnership for Prescription Assistance is to reach as many people in need as possib...
BILLY TAUZIN The vast majority of videos on our site are made public. Our community enjoys sharing their experien...
JULIE SUPAN I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with ma...
FRED SAVAGE Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic...
MICHAEL EISNER I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could.
DAVID WALTON I have dedicated my life to promoting this and I now have that opportunity. I have been blessed and ...
AARON PEIRSOL Many besides Angel have learnt that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements...
THOMAS HARDY Before he became 'a working actor,' as he now proudly calls himself, Jamie Dornan initially ...
ELVIS MITCHELL I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, a...
EDWARD NORTON I can stand public humiliation as long as I still have the freedom to experiment with my life and do...
TURYASINGURA NELSON DERRICK I just tried to clog up the middle, tried to be as big a presence as I possibly could be. I basicall...
JARRAD HENRY I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with th...
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about canc...
BARRY MANILOW As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's r...
CATHERINE RYAN HYDE Its purpose is for members of the church, as well as the public, to search their family trees.
DEANDA LINE For me as a director, it was important to create this couple as truthfully as I possibly could. Beca...
KATHY BATES As public schools deteriorate, the upper-middle class and wealthy send their kids to private ones. A...
ROBERT REICH Online usability of financial disclosures is essential for investors to easily stay informed about t...
DOMINIC JONES We [the Department of Community Development and the Department of Public Works] have been moving tow...
ELIZABETH GILLERAN ITC going public is fairly significant and I think it could be a harbinger of things to come in the ...
ROBERT NELSON Plainly put, the developer is writing public-land policies. And the Forest Service rubber stamps the...
JEFF BERMAN Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thous...
JACK WELCH Homeschooling and public schooling are as opposite as two sides of a coin. In a homeschooling enviro...
GENE ROYER As attorney general, I've had some connection with just about every important public issue in th...
BEN CHANDLER You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposu...
MALCOLM GLADWELL As you may know, I have many good friends in the press who, unfortunately, have thus far refused to ...
FRANK SINATRA I met so many women who were in the minority in their companies as technical professionals, as manag...
LIZ RYAN As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather ser...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I f...
NOLAN RYAN I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public offi...
DAVID CONE I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the ba...
BILLY SHEEHAN Theodore Roosevelt had drawn public attention to his attractive family in order to create a bond wit...
ROBERT DALLEK And all this public assistance that will be streaming in is going to benefit the Democrats, and I re...
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JON FAVREAU If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack u...
JON STEWART History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and...
JON MEACHAM We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healt...
JON CORZINE Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly ...
JON MEACHAM Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are subs...
JON LANDAU I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never hav...
JON SCIESZKA There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people ...
JON STEWART I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really hav...
JON FAVREAU Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is be...
JON LANDAU The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and n...
JON PORTER I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle ...
JON MEACHAM Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle betwe...
JON STEWART I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instrumen...
JON TESTER I don't know that a movie like 'Daredevil' did better for having Ben Affleck then 'S...
JON FAVREAU One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wante...
JON MEACHAM What's fun about chefs is that they're big guys, often, and they might not look like the mos...
JON FAVREAU War is big business. It's a lot of money going to and fro, and unfortunately a lot of angst, and...
JON ANDERSON Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on s...
JON BATISTE You show people playing poker or hacking into a computer; it feels so significant in the script, and...
JON FAVREAU People can relate more to being honest about your problems, your insecurities, and the things that y...
JON BELLION I've got a great life. I'm in love, I have a happy, wonderful, beautiful time with my marria...
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