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Does Forest Green need another bakery? You bet it does!
2. Does Forest Green need another
bakery? Yes -- if it's located in prestigious High Shops
Center.
3. Why another bakery in Forest
Green? Because high income clientele need sophisticated
service and products.
4. Why another bakery in Forest
Green? To serve the new demographic base of Hungarian immigrants.
5. Rarely has so much talent
positioned itself in one company.
6. When an industry is taking off,
suppliers must be there to meet its needs.
7. When an industry has weathered a
multitude of recessions, depressions and economic changes, it
warrants our attention.
8. Bill and Harry are more than
brothers -- they are collaborators.
9. It's easy to pass a business
from one generation to the next. It's a lot harder to maintain
a growth curve while doing it.
10. When competitors become
partners, something explosive happens.
11. Jonathan Edwards became
affiliated with this company after it had been operating for several
years. He immediately revolutionized it.
12. Bankruptcy is more than a lack
of money -- it's a lack of dignity, power and balance.
13. Who would have imagined that
two women could own -- and profit from -- a large construction
equipment rental company?
14. The real strength of the
company isn't reflected in its numbers, although its numbers are
very good.
15. Having customers on the other
side of the continent ask for more service is very gratifying.
16. "Plain vanilla" was
never "plain" at Margy's Ice Cream.
17. Growing from three employees to
over thirty in less than four years has posed unique problems.
18. We originally leased a large
building, believing that we would grow into it. Technology
being what it is, we now find that our space needs have shrunk.
19. The company's big break came
before it was ever a company.
20. After twenty years in business,
what could possibly be new? Lots.
21. If it seems presumptuous that
we can challenge Alcoa, think again.
22. Our Company was recently
identified as one of the fastest growing companies in Blue Ridge
County.
23. Turning lye into
environmentally friendly soap was easy; turning a lawyer into a soap
maker was a little harder.
24. After fifteen years in the die
making industry, you would think I'd know it all.
25. One mother recently told me
that they bought a home near my day care center so that her daughter
could attend the school, just as she had twenty years ago.
26. A chemist, a trust driver and a
professor don't usually make a very good martini.
27. To be successful, I was told,
first you must fail. So I did.
28. "Cancer" is not a
word that is shouted.
29. A bee sting inspired this
incredibly strong synthetic fiber.
30. Mom knew I would be in the
fashion industry -- she just didn't foresee that I would be the one
climbing ladders to build the lighting shows for the fashion
industry.
31. Cali Creations has customers
from around the world, and the factory is in my sewing room. |
32.
Two statues mark the entrance to this company.
33. Mistakes were made.
Starting this company was a mistake.
34. When I met Mike G, I knew we
were going to do business together. I just didn't expect this
particular business.
35. For years I searched for the
perfect boat and never found it. So I made it.
36. Mama made fettuccini like no
one else on earth.
37. I got lost in San Francisco a
year or so ago, and stumbled into a Zippity franchise to get
directions.
38. I can't even lift our granite
blocks, so how can I make them?
39. It takes just so many
tongue-pierced teenagers before you realize that our young people
need something more constructive to focus on.
40. Most biotechs fail when their
product doesn't meet expectations. so it helps to have 5 - 6
more products in the pipeline.
41. 90% of the online games target
the male audience, but 60% of the users online are women. That
sounded like an opportunity to us.
42. As the US continues to age,
services and products for that market will continue to spiral
upwards.
43. It is impossible for one
person to possess all the skills needed to run this business.
44. There is a good reason for
choosing green and gold as our company colors.
45. White water rafting seems an
unlikely place to start a high tech firm.
46. The diamonds are cubic zirconium,
but the shine is very real.
47. I learned a lot from my first
ten bosses.
48. When I was a kid, this is the
kind of game I dreamed of.
49. The energy industry suffers
from over bloating and excessive regulation.
50. The term "used
furniture" can't begin to describe the elegance of the showroom
quality pieces at BJ's.
51. Going online with art is a
dicey proposition.
52. Dating services have gotten a
bad rap.
53. Designing clothes is easy;
making a profit from it is a whole lot harder.
54. Who ever thought that a bug
would rise to prominence in the auto industry?
55. Landscape architects have come
to admire the majesty of large tree cultivation.
56. My guys work too much overtime.
My equipment works too much overtime.
57. Catering to a niche like Apple
Computer mandates knowing that niche very well.
58. Twenty years is a long time to
work for someone, especially if that someone is your Mom.
59. When my brother Dan was born
autistic, his teachers said he would never amount to anything.
That was before he earned his Ph.D. and more awards than I can list
here.
60. My career has demanded that I
learn accounting, public relations, human resources, committee
organization and motivation, large event coordination and chauffeuring
-- and that's before I leave the house in the morning.
61. There are more children in
Middlefield than there are pediatricians to care for them.
62. So what makes a good
advertising agency?
63. Ten years ago I put everything
I knew about big rigs into a thimble.
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C.J. Ralph,
