Don Nickles Quotes

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity.

It was the height of the Depression, and suddenly I am earning pots of money.

Wal-Mart does not do big mergers, though it will buy much smaller competitors in so-called 'tuck-in acquisitions.'

The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.

We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll.

In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.

Among the world's 500 largest companies, not one has completely relied on its own growth to develop.

The Ranbaxy acquisition doesn't preclude us from making more large acquisitions. The important issue is whether we have the management bandwidth to handle the acquisition.

It took about 10 years' time for Shopify to be an overnight success.

I never envisioned multimillion-dollar offices for ECW.

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

Many brands have lost their way in the process of evolving from a small company to a much bigger corporation.

There have been many very successful acquirers, where they've bought up companies, and they've grown their earnings very rapidly, and the stock has appreciated tremendously.

Under Bill Clinton we had a roaring economy that looked really good.

Profitability is where growth takes place.

Future prosperity will be built on private sector growth.

When we opened our office in Santa Ana, California, in 2016, I could not have envisioned this level of growth, although I always knew our products would be well received by customers in North America.

In pharma, we continuously look for acquisitions... if it makes strategic sense and if there is any value.

My work with Combate Americas, in particular, has been incredible because the company keeps growing at an incredible rate.

I am quite positive about business in India, and 2014 was a strong year here. We announced deals with Vodafone, Tata, Bharti.

Wall Street has been beset with problems. The cycle of greed and personal aggrandizement and lifestyle grandstanding is an affront to any American.

The A-PAC region is so important, mainly because it is growing much faster than the global average.

Business development is a part of M&A - we identify signals in the market, whether its trends or disruptive technology, and bring them back and address the opportunities. I have three levers I can pull - partnerships, acquisitions, or investments.

We want to see huge growth in this economy in small- and medium-sized businesses.

Acquisitions have contributed only to 20% of MindTree's growth and 80% has come through the organic engine. Many large acquisition proposals have been turned down to ensure a proper balance was maintained.