Hamdi Ulukaya quotes

Every small business will give you an entrepreneurial way of looking at things. I guarantee you that for every plant that closes, if you gave it to one small-business person in that community, he or she would find a way to make it work. The small-business attitude is you always find a way to make it work. (Hamdi Ulukaya)
Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years. View quote
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A closed plant is like a cemetery; it really is. The walls will talk to you; the machines will talk to you if you really talk to them. View quote
Hamdi Ulukaya
Fage does not make great yogurt. View quote
Hamdi Ulukaya
I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002. View quote
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I didn't have a business degree. I didn't have experience to work in somebody else's office. I never built or ran a department. So I was on this journey, and when the time came to make a decision, I was just going with my gut. View quote
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What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it into the garbage can. And then about half an hour later, with the dirt on it, I picked it up from the garbage can, and I called out of curiosity. View quote
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation. View quote
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I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun. View quote
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