Jack Welch Quotes

Our progress isn't just limited to the operation. Financially, we have been performing well. United's 2015 earnings were one of the best in the company's history, and we made significant progress shrinking the margin gap with our closest competitors, strengthening our balance sheet, and returning significant cash to shareholders.

We are out-of-the-gates strong in fiscal 2015. We grew revenue 8% in the first quarter and exceeded our QuickBooks Online subscriber and our company financial targets.

If we want, we can be profitable, but we are focusing on growth. We don't comment on profitability, but we do look at it internally. And many of our Ola cities are profitable. But our focus across all cities is growth.

If you have a business that isn't growing the top line, it's very hard to deliver attractive returns to shareholders.

Each quarter, Indian IT firms publish their results, and these are broadcast on CNBC. From the comfort of their boardrooms, executives say how many new employees have been added, how many more Fortune 500 companies have been signed up as clients, how many million-dollar companies were added, and so on.

Our business is strong and enjoys high margins.

What we are doing is increasing our focus on cash flow, return on investment, and value creation.

Ultimately, growth is essential for increasing a company's value.

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.

Small businesses have told us that having cash in their pocket is one of the primary things that they need.

Chasing revenues that don't have good earnings doesn't help us or shareholders one lick.

I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help.

In 2014, we have some new activities and new order wins in the non-automotive space.

Businesswise, everything's been good.

I truly believe that the combination of a strong top line together with a strong bottom line is what makes for a sustainable business.

What investors want is growth, margin, and cash.

One thing I never thought about in my big-company job? Cash flow. When your business has billions of dollars in revenue, you can make a lot of mistakes and still have a viable business. But in a startup, make a few hiring mistakes, and you can find yourself in real jeopardy fast.

Della Valle is worried about RCS? RCS is a company that is doing well; I don't think that Della Valle is worried about this.

Startups should be - if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero. you're not making any money; you're not losing any money.

Why can't modern tech companies both grow and turn a profit at the same time?

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job.

The problem for new businesses isn't corporate taxes. Anyone who has actually started a new business knows you don't make enough money for years to pay any meaningful tax on it.

Boeing has won in the marketplace for 100 years because of innovation, and we need to continue to invest in innovation for the future. And our cash generation strength is what allows us to do that.

If your business is the right business, then money will never be an issue.

2012 was a good year for the Mahindra Group, as we moved ahead by venturing into new geographies and businesses.