Barry Lam Quotes

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.

I have always focused on the bottom line.

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.

The value that some analysts put on revenue vs. what they put on profit is out of whack. If you can grow real cash earnings, that's 80% of what you ought to do, and the revenue component is 20%.

Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.

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

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

Our first fiscal year, we were profitable.

Our continued investment in productivity will add to our margins, and you'll see that reflected in the bottom line earnings.

Our business is strong and enjoys high margins.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can't cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

I never lost money by turning a profit.

What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow.

It's not about revenues: The fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

We know that's the bottom line: if money is made, the powers that be pay attention.

Margin is a customer concept.

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.

General Motors is not in the business of making cars. It is in the business of making money.

I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders.

Most companies are out to make money. They aren't worried about anything except whether they can buy their new BMW next month.

We have an obligation to provide a return for our shareholders.

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

Relative to Google or the kind of turnaround we're seeing, we do care about profitability. That is our goal in every one of the areas where we invest.