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Everyone at the company agreed that we needed to change, but I couldn’t get anyone to actually do anything differently. They said yes with their words, but no with their work.

The Innovation Stack

Jim McKelvey

In theory it might one day be possible for a software company to produce an app without writing any code of its own, just by assembling a bunch of microservices created by other companies. In fact, people have theorized about the “one-person unicorn,” meaning a company that is valued at $1 billion or more but is run by one person—a developer whose app sits on top of all those commercial microservices.

Ask Your Developer

Jeff Lawson

Within two years of arriving in Chicago, my father left the grain business and started his own wholesale jewelry company. His great-uncle helped him buy a large quantity of surplus jewelry, which he then resold around the Midwest. My father was a great believer in productivity. He worked six days a week, at least thirteen hours a day. His business took him to eleven states. For him the key to business was access—getting the goods into the stores. Even with his heavy accent, my father gained access to major retailers that others had failed to sign. People responded to his confidence, his work ethic and his intelligence.

Am I Being Too Subtle?

Sam Zell

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