Michael Eisner
Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisneris an American businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth7 March 1942
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
years reputation assets
We all know that the Disney brand is our most valuable asset. It is the sum total of our seventy-five years in business, of our reputation, of everything that we stand for.
art management
Management is not a science, it is an art.
running thinking years
Years later, I found myself running a network television division and then a movie studio and now an entire entertainment company. But, much of the success I've achieved can be traced to the direct and metaphorical lessons I learned in building those campfires. I can hardly think of an aspect of my life that wasn't positively affected by my camping experience.
failure building easier
Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.
people world done
User-generated content is not done by professionals. The best user-generated content eventually becomes those people gravitated in the professional world.
way mediocrity another-way
To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity.
gestures consciousness entity
A brand is a living entity-and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures.
art making-money obligation
We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.
good-luck lucky once-in-a-lifetime
It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
class common compelled establish factors initially internet operations separately stock tied traded
The competitive factors that initially compelled us to establish a separately traded class of common stock tied to our Internet operations have fundamentally changed.
american-businessman credit next nick
And just in the nick of time, ... Next week, I couldn't take credit for it.