Eckhard Pfeiffer Quotes

Great companies are built on great products.

It's not about market share. If you have a successful company, you will get your market share. But to get a successful company, what do you have to have? The same metrics of success that your customer does.

It's easier to build a business around a first-class product, even if it's a more expensive product to produce.

The purpose of a business is to create customers.

I think the only way to maintain profitability is to meet the needs of the customers.

The most important thing is the fact we have created this successful and sustainable Ford Motor Co. worldwide. I have no regrets.

If we take care of the customers and associates and grow the business, Wall Street will be pleased.

I do think that in order for a company to be interesting to the investment community, there needs to be a plan; there needs to be a bigger retail footprint. There needs to be this idea - DNA, lifestyle, words I hate.

Over time, the product we produce has been consistently successful here in America and around the world. Apparently, we are doing something right.

Every time we bring someone in we ensure that they are a strategic thinker, but even more important that they understand that if the products aren't successful and the products don't sell that there won't be anything to strategize about.

I sensed my chance and embraced the telecom business. I started marketing telephones, answering/fax machines under the brand name Beetel, and the company picked up really fast.

Valuation depends on several factors. From an investor angle, they look at leadership position, management, and what the company's offerings are. I think these three things got 5/5 for a company like Flipkart, and that is what is driving valuations and growth.

Companies become rich because they find a way to serve others better. And if someone at your company is not serving your customers, it hurts more than your company; it hurts America.

There had to be a market in order for you to be successful in a business. The market had to need your business, or the product of it.

If you look at the numbers from 2002 to 2016, we have consistently been market leaders. We have followed a well-articulated strategy, and our focus is to continue that strategy.

The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients.

The biggest challenge to thriving in the marketplace is identifying the strategic moves that will keep us ahead of the competition.

People think about their business instead of their products.

To me, a great company starts with a great product and ends with a great product.

My famous line is 'Product is king.'

My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.

If I make a good product and deliver value to users and to the world, the financial gains will come.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.