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
course disney dust economic heat people strike therefore year
There have been some economic challenges, and of course 9/11, and then this year there's been like a strike a day, and then they had the heat wave, where 10,000 people died, so therefore not even the pixie dust that Disney has can help,
content dependent growth hard illegal industry killer negotiate people sells technology thinks
Many people in technology say the killer app is pirated content, ... Some feel the availability of illegal content sells computers. It's very hard to negotiate with an industry that thinks its short-term growth is dependent on theft.
american-businessman business kicking kid mind people sand skinny soft
If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.
market people reflects stock worry
I don't worry about the stock price, ... I worry about what we do and how we do it, and if we do it well and if people like what we do, they'll come to our properties. If they come to our properties, we'll do well financially and the stock market reflects that.
successful people biographies
When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made them successful.
thinking ideas people
I find that no matter how long a meeting goes on, the best ideas always come during the final five minutes, when people drop their guard and I ask them what they really think.
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.
behavior companies cyclical decade economic emerge fall four industry major media seen stronger time wall worked
There has been (talk on Wall Street) that major media companies are out of favor. I have seen this chicken-little behavior before, ... I have worked in the industry for four decades. At least once a decade they fall out of favor, but each time they emerge stronger than ever. This is for cyclical economic reasons.
cold hot spells
You have hot spells and you have cold spells,
activities internet isolate together trying
We are trying to put together and isolate our Internet activities into GO.com,
happier money spend time waiting
(Visitors) now have time to spend money and do other things, and they are much happier not waiting in line,
china daughters family kids park unit
You go to the park and you see mothers, daughters and kids and grandparents. The family unit in China is unbelievably strong. It's not just Hong Kong, it's mainland China,
cannot creative determine factors focused output predict quality return timing
While we cannot determine or predict the timing of a return to normalcy, we are focused on those factors we can manage?continued output of quality creative content, like Monsters, Inc .
bottom inevitably obviously operations squeezed sure worked year
Bottom line, this year was obviously a disappointment, ... Duplication and inefficiencies inevitably worked their way into our operations and I am working to make sure they are squeezed back out again.