16 Quotes by Gary Hirshberg

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die

And I think he needs to be taken very seriously. I will take him very seriously.

The force of commerce got us in this mess and its the only force that will get us out,

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don’t see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die.

The secret to my success is I know what I don’t know and I hire people smarter than me.

Superior quality is a prerequisite to entering the game. By definition, an entrepreneur is undercapitalized relative to the status quo. Therefore, if you enter a product that is either at parity with the leaders, or not as good, you won’t even get to the starting line.

My counsel to entrepreneurs is to ‘own’ a region, ‘own’ a market, ‘own’ a segment. Create something you can defend. Don’t get hung up on the idea that you have to go national.