Scott Cook
Scott Cook
Scott David Cookis a co-founder of Intuit, a director since March 1983 and chairman of the executive committee. Cook is a director of eBay and Procter & Gamble...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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Intuit is defining and leading the new world of e-finance -- and that strategy is paying off.
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The combination of the premier news-gathering organization with Quicken.com is a home run for consumers and the financial community.
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Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products.
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We had struck out at several businesses because we couldn't operate them.
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Mutual funds were created to make investing easy, so consumers wouldn't have to be burdened with picking individual stocks.
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We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution.
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A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now.
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Technology is similarly just a catalyst at times for fundamental forces already present.
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So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer.
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Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff.
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Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.
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Even the once simple home mortgage now has so many flavors and styles and variations that it is difficult for people to make a decision.
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The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution.
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Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement.