Rick Kierner

“What separates people, Stockdale taught me, is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.”
― James C. Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't

“in strong product companies, technology is not an expense, it is the business. Technology enables and powers the products and services we provide to our customers. Technology allows us to solve problems for our customers in ways that are just now possible.”
― Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

“The product strategy describes how we plan to accomplish the product vision, while meeting the needs of the business as we go. The strategy derives from focus, then leverages insights, converts these insights into action, and finally manages the work through to completion.”
― Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

“thinking like an owner versus thinking like an employee is primarily about taking responsibility for the outcome rather than just the activities.”
― Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products