Fortune 500 CEOs
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Fortune 500 CEOs, every show
Buffett: Fortune 500 CEOs Contain Substantial Mediocrity Compared to Olympic Teams
“The CEOs of the fortune, 500 are not selected like the members of the Olympic track and field team. You do not have the uniformity of top quality that you get with the American Olympic team. You get some very, very terrific people, but you also get a lot of me…”
Rascoff: Early-stage VCs were more helpful than Fortune 500 CEOs in 2008
“I'm thinking back to 2008 when, you know, the world came to an end. The directors that were most helpful to us working through that were the VCs that had a lot of early stage experience and had seen a lot of other companies die. It wasn't the marquee, you know…”