Will Harvey
Will Harvey
Will Harveyis a software developer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. At the age of 15 he wrote Music Construction Setfor the Apple II, the first commercial sheet music processor for home computers. Music Construction Set was ported to other systems by its publisher, Electronic Arts. He wrote two games for the Apple IIgs: Zany Golfand The Immortal. Harvey founded two consumer virtual world Internet companies: IMVU, an instant messaging company, and There, Inc., an MMOG company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
Minds are like parachutes-not much good unless they are open.
Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.
Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He knows he'll win more, and go further, with associates who not only can keep up with him but who also are capable of teaching him something.
Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't.
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.
One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
There's a place in the world for any business that takes care of its customers-after the sale.
Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and efficiency, you will support them.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.
What could you accomplish if no one told you it was impossible?
Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.