James Goodnight
James Goodnight
James Howard Goodnightis an American businessman and software programmer. He and several other faculty members of North Carolina State University left the university in 1976 to co-found SAS Institute. Since the first day of incorporationhe has served as the company's CEO. His leadership style and the work environment he created at SAS, now a multibillion-dollar company, have been studied by other businesses and by academics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 January 1943
CountryUnited States of America
James Goodnight quotes about
There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read.
I don't keep up on a lot of the business trends.
I'm not big on reading business books. I get copies of all of them, because people want me to put a comment on the jacket. Every once in a while, I'll get interested and read one all the way through.
I've never really thought of myself as an entrepreneur. I think of an entrepreneur as someone who wants to make a lot of money. That has never been at the top of my list.
It turns out that doing the right thing, treating people right, is also the right thing for the company.
Treat employees like they make a difference and they will