Pierre Nanterme Quotes

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do.

Forget luxury; as a great company you have to keep evolving.

Plenty of entrepreneurs can start a company. What is more rare is to evolve it and to scale with it over time.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

It is always possible to improve.

I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.

Five years ago I figured we were at the top of our game and that was the best it was going to get, but with every album it seems to keep on building on itself.

Growing is an important part of the business, but more important than that is to get better.

I'd like to see us improving on what we had last year.

Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.

If you're successful and growing, you can manage any way you want to. Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth stops that things get tough.

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.

We've become so successful that it's become a machine: There's a lot of people relying on you. You've got 100 people out on the road and working for you. You want to stay at the top.

I think any time you increase focus, increase speed, all those are going to help any business.

I just want to continue getting better and build as a player.

As long as our quality and company continue to get better, by nature, we will get bigger.

We are trying to build large, lasting businesses.

We want to keep developing, keep getting better and keep winning.

Understanding how to compete better has really made a difference.

We've got to get better and keep making even more progress.

If you can improve your franchise, even if you're doing well, you're going to make that move. You just are - at least I am. It's about winning and winning the right way and trying to sustain success over a large period of time.

As long as I'm efficient, I'm just going to try to be the most efficient player I can be.

You want to grow. To compete effectively - - even if you weren't going to grow, just to maintain your position - - you look at who you're competing with. And everyone you're competing with is changing to get better, sometimes dramatically.

How can we do better tomorrow than we did today?