tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post3734327097349142751..comments2023-06-28T10:04:45.945-04:00Comments on Imaginerding: Disney books, history, links and more!: Daily Figment 21Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post-92096533286742363122007-07-26T10:19:00.000-04:002007-07-26T10:19:00.000-04:00I don't know who said it for Disney proper, but Bo...I don't know who said it for Disney proper, but Bob Cringley (computer columnist, now writing at pbs.org) wrote something very similar in his book Triumph of the Nerds back in 1992 about general startups and how the some of the high tech startups were different because many of the founders are still with the company. In particular, he used it (as described by grumpwurst above) on Apple which died massively under Sculley.Joe Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371019210357778459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post-59936100388590198912007-07-25T22:05:00.000-04:002007-07-25T22:05:00.000-04:00Since the Disney Geeks are all about the irony I w...Since the Disney Geeks are all about the irony I would have to say that quote would be attributed to Mr. Eisner.<BR/><BR/>The quote is very accurate and isn't necessarily isolated to companies like Disney who entertain. I've seen this in any company that has been founded on vision and innovation. Look at Apple. It faltered terribly after Jobs was forced out and look what happened when he came backAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070035707769272213noreply@blogger.com