I'm a big fan of Brad Bird's work. Iron Giant and The Incredibles are a few of my favorite animated films. In a recent interview with him on fostering innovation, the following comment caught my eye:
Walt Disney’s mantra was, “I don’t make movies to make money—I make money to make movies.” That’s a good way to sum up the difference between Disney at its height and Disney when it was lost. It’s also true of Pixar and a lot of other companies. It seems counterintuitive, but for imagination-based companies to succeed in the long run, making money can’t be the focus.I love the notion of working for passion not dollars. There's too much dollar chasing in high tech. There's got to be more to life than making a buck.
