JEFF BEZOS AND THE NORDSTROMS THINK ALIKE
“We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards,” said Jeff Bezos.

His credos: long-term thinking, customer obsession, a willingness to invent. AMEN

HENRY FORD DIDN’T MINCE WORDS WHEN IT CAME TO “GOVERNMENT”
\”Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, had better take a closer look at the American Indian.\”

FAST FORWARD TO OUR CURRENT SCLEROTIC MESS IN WASHINGTON
“Both parties are shooting themselves in the foot and our future in the head.”
Thomas Friedman

ANOTHER INSIGHTFUL VIEW OF OUR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
“What happened to the future—we wanted flying cars instead we got 140 characters,”
said Peter Thiel, co-founder and CEO, PayPal

CLAUDIO DEL VECCHIO, RETAIL GIANT FIRST, PHILOSOPHER SECOND
“We are not good because we are old, but rather,we are old because we are good.”
Claudio Del Vecchio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brooks Brothers