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Frederick W. Smith
American
Businessman
About the author
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.
Frederick W. Smith,
American
Businessman
#Idea
#Management
#Order
#University
I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss.
Frederick W. Smith,
American
Businessman
Information about the package is as important as the package itself.
Frederick W. Smith,
American
Businessman
#Information
Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.
Frederick W. Smith,
American
Businessman
#Leaders
My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.
Frederick W. Smith,
American
Businessman
#Idea
#Business
#Innovation
A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.
Frederick W. Smith,
American
Businessman
#Work
#Men
#Manager