Our goal is to make General Motors the most valuable automotive company. Clearly, that is having sustainable profitability and driving great returns for our shareholders.
So it takes years to make a solid company.
If we're building high quality companies, if the customers like the products, if the technology innovation is real, then the substance is going to win out in the end.
To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry.
Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior.
Valuable companies take decades to build.
One of my major objectives is to build a long-term enterprise, to build shareholder value over time.
My original business plan? To work hard, get 300 clients in the Rochester area, and live happily ever after.