People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success. James Daly More Quotes by James Daly More Quotes From James Daly You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside. James Daly morningjobslying The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is. James Daly energyintellectualpeople Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me. James Daly rock-starrocksstars You can't be distracted by the noise of misinformation. James Daly misinformationdistractednoise People who say that the Internet is the bubble are incredibly misguided. James Daly misguidedinternetpeople It's very rare that publications double their frequency. James Daly publicationfrequency I think Fast Company has a tremendously smart focus and execution. James Daly smartfocusthinking I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist. James Daly privilegeartistpeople Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money. James Daly rocksstarsbusiness Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year. James Daly lastsbusinessyears The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did. James Daly magazinesbusinesspeople I think up until that time a lot of focus on Internet coverage was either sort of the bits and bytes aspect of it, sort of the high-tech aspect of it, and the sociological aspect of it, which is how it was transforming culture. James Daly technologyfocusthinking I'm a history buff, and right now we're sitting on one of the most dramatic historical shifts that this planet has ever seen and we have a front row seat for it. James Daly dramatichistoricalsitting The hardest part of it was really being away from my family - I have two small children. Last year I took over 20 business trips, so being away from them was hard. James Daly businesschildrenyears See, what we were going to do was say, the Internet is this great business strategy tool. James Daly internettoolsbusiness Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing business the way we used to do business. James Daly businessbelievethinking You have to remember a lot of business is very cyclical. James Daly businessremember You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation. James Daly innovationcreativity There was never any danger of Business 2.0 ever going under. James Daly businessdanger There certainly was a lot of potential in the air for doing a magazine which focused on the way business, in particular, was being transformed by the Internet. James Daly magazinesbusinessair
