I'm not so naive as to think that everybody always succeeds, right? I mean, half of Shakespeare's stories are tragedies - right? Michael J. Saylor halfnaiveshakespeare Change image and share on social
When you're building a company, you need to continually strengthen every component - finance, strategic partnerships, executive team, and relationships with every last constituency. Michael J. Saylor buildcompanycomponent Change image and share on social
Companies that make keys, credit card companies, any company in the service business - anything to do with a consumer is probably a software company. Michael J. Saylor businesscardcompany Change image and share on social
The industries that fall first are the industries that either produce electromechanical items that are now inferior to their software substitutes, or the industries that produce a mechanically created service that's now inferior. Michael J. Saylor createelectromechanicalfall share on social
The benefit of rich families putting their child through Harvard is always going to exist. But it's quite evident that there are 700 million peasants in China who are never going to go to Harvard. Michael J. Saylor benefitchildchina Change image and share on social
I think my software is going to become so ubiquitous, so essential, that if it stops working, there will be riots. Michael J. Saylor essentialriotsoftware Change image and share on social
Nobody has really grasped yet the great wealth that can be made selling data over the Web. There are 100 million potential customers out there. Michael J. Saylor customerdatumgrasp Change image and share on social
You could call me on the phone and say, 'Someone blew up your entire house, Mike.' If it's not a person involved, I would sort of blink, whatever. That's all replaceable, right? Michael J. Saylor blinkblowcall Change image and share on social
It's easy to fall into the trap of assuming that a new technology is very similar to its predecessors. A new technology is often perceived as the linear extension of the previous one, and this leads us to believe the new technology will fill the same roles - just a little faster or a little smaller or a little lighter. Michael J. Saylor assumeeasyextension share on social
The basis of the free market is anytime you can generate revenue or profit, you've created value in excess of the resources you consume in a society. That's probably the most unbiased utility function there is, as opposed to someone's opinion. Michael J. Saylor anytimebasisconsume share on social