Greg Brenneman Quotes

In order to run a great business, you must know that a bunch of really intrinsically unhappy people, that's not a recipe for success. Don't be anywhere you don't need to be; it's just like that.

We believe that the business system only is the key to success. It's no miracle, only day-to-day work in the appropriate way.

Quality has always been the overriding factor for us. But you also have to have happy people working for you.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.

I'm proud of my office. I'm proud of the work that we do.

I have high expectations for the people who work for me. I figure that if they work really hard and do a good job on one of my campaigns or in my office, that experience will serve them well later on.

In real business, there's spiritual success and then there's facts and just hard work and making sure you're on point with the product.

If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!

The Panda mission really speaks to our philosophy. It is, 'Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.' I'm talking about everyone who works at Panda. They're inspired to better their own lives.

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do.

There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.

Great companies are built on great products.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.

I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.

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

If you're going to run a small business, you need to know what everyone is doing, be the first one in and the last one out, and work weekends.

You have to look at why people come and work at Nest. Part of it is that a lot of people here already know each other, but we're also on a mission with a purpose. People are personally motivated by energy or safety.

Walk away from anyone who is unduly focused on vacation and compensation. It's a sign of potential trouble. No matter how talented you are, if you don't really want to work at TOMS, you'll never work out here.

Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.

There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.

If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad.