The most important thing is to talk to people that have jobs that you might like and to see what they say the job involves. Robert Pozen Read Quote
America is the only major country that tries to ascertain who was the first applicant to invent the product or procedure. This may seem fair, but long proceedings to determine precisely when each party conceived an idea result mostly in keeping innovations from hitting the market. Robert Pozen Read Quote
The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative – things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection? Robert Pozen Read Quote
The way you delegate is that first you have to hire people that you really have confidence in. You won’t truly let those people feel a sense of autonomy if you don’t have confidence in them. Robert Pozen Read Quote
The classic problem as an entrepreneur is that they have a hard time delegating. But that’s really crazy. Recruiting other executives is critical, so is dealing with customers and dealing with regulators. Those are functions that only the top founders can do. Robert Pozen Read Quote
The night before, go over your schedule and see what you’re going to do and what the purpose of what you’re doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is. Robert Pozen Read Quote
You need to agree with your boss about what you need to get done that week, what are the metrics of success. Sometimes you need more hours, sometimes you need fewer hours. Robert Pozen Read Quote
If you want an active schedule, you have to husband your time so you can act on the things that are important. Robert Pozen Read Quote
Priorities are the yearly goals that I’m most interested in achieving, then they become operationalized through weekly goals. Robert Pozen Read Quote
