Glenn Kelman Quotes

Even the greatest companies encounter problems or otherwise fall out of favour.

When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg.

People were expecting Rouge to go bankrupt, so there was a lot of anxiety. The corporate culture problem was even worse than in Russia. And at the same time, the work rules were more difficult.

Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.

Larry, I spent probably most of my professional life helping to build Enron Corporation. I don't think there was anyone that was as shocked by the - by the collapse of the company as I was.

When companies fail, shareholders bear the losses. It's just the way our system is supposed to work.

I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to lay people off, especially around Christmas.

I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.

Nothing kills your company's culture like layoffs.

Objectively speaking, Traf-O-Data was a failure as a company. Right as our business started to pick up, states began to provide their own traffic-counting services to local governments for free.

I work with CEOs and their executive teams... and very few of these people are really indifferent about their employees or their customers.

I'm just trying to do my job and my part to make this a team that people respect.

God bless those employees at United who somehow continue to be gracious and patient and generous with customers even while bearing the brunt of a broken company themselves.

I will always do what's best for the company.

When you get into investing, your default stance should be 'No,' because most deals suck. Most deals won't make money. Most companies will fail.

I've certainly learnt there's nothing more important than cash - cash flow issues are one of the biggest causes of company failures.

A dysfunctional team means a dysfunctional - and likely doomed - company.

Starting a company is rough. It's even harder when you're young - I know this firsthand, because my first company flopped when I was 25.

I do not work for the shareholder, to be honest. I work for the customer.

Every manager goes through bad times.

The two big startup killers are when there's just no market for what you are doing, and team problems.

It isn't that every company is going to be successful. The law of averages shows that 80% of companies are going to fail.

I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now. These difficult periods come and you have to accept that. I did as well as I could at Newcastle.

When our jewellery business went into receivership we avoided bankruptcy by selling our houses and possessions.

There are a lot of reasons why people quit international football. Some struggle off the field. Some struggle with injuries.