Robert Noyce

Don’t be encumbered by history, just go out and do something wonderful. – Robert Noyce

Optimism is an essential ingredient of innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in safe places? – Robert Noyce

Innovation is everything. When you’re on the forefront, you can see what the next innovation needs to be. When you’re behind, you have to spend your energy catching up. – Robert Noyce

If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization. – Robert Noyce

Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation. – Robert Noyce

Start with a growing market. Swim in a stream that becomes a river and ultimately an ocean. Be a leader in that market, not a follower, and constantly build the best products possible. – Robert Noyce

From the beginning at Intel, we planned on being big. – Robert Noyce