Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes

We have built brands that resonate deeply with our customers. Our strategy to grow these brands is clear, and we have strong teams in place to execute this strategy. That is our formula for success.

Small companies tend to go out of business. Large ones don't.

You really need a unique selling proposition, and people need to care about that unique selling proposition.

As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.

There's no evidence that large, diversified food companies win over time.

Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.

You need to make certain decisions to expand your market.

The down market favours the small two-, three-, four-person company, not the huge company with 100 people losing half a million dollars a month.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

When I arrived, I didn't understand London customers perfectly, but we've developed the right style with the right price, and step by step, I'm in harmony with London.

Ever since we published the first Apple report, we've had some other brands turning more proactive.

I have no concern with widening audience.

The best talent in the venture industry doesn't work in large companies and won't work in large companies.

A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.

New industries are as a rule more profitable than old ones.

Our ability to create that one-on-one engagement with a customer is a point of differentiation and a strategic advantage for us.

India is a large market where our focus will be to grow faster than the market and add few percentage points to our market share every year.

We're all about trying to create ideas to help get businesses to grow and listening to businesses to help them out.

If you are focused on profits right out of the gate, you're gonna have the smallest profitable business that has ever been seen.

There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.

I am not a creature of giant business and I think that small- and medium-sized businesses will derive the most benefit from the removal of bureaucratic obstacles to trade.

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

McDonalds. Apple. Starbucks. They were all small businesses, owned by entrepreneurs and people with vision.

Big businesses have always had a lot more voice. They can afford advertising; they can afford marketing. But for small businesses, being able to quickly and cheaply connect to customers is a big deal.

As I spent tons of time with customers, not just in the United States, but in emerging markets, in Europe, in Latin America, top of mind for everybody is how do they drive growth for their business going forward.