Hamdi Ulukaya Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.”

“There are a lot of studies about small businesses and how they make a difference in their community and create a lot of jobs and values. So we need to focus on small businesses or entrepreneurs who want to start manufacturing or making things.”

“We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.”

“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.”

“Fage does not make great yogurt.”

“I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.”

“Most Americans descend from the very people who built this country with their bare hands.”

“My mother used to make the most amazing yogurt.”

“On the tech side, little start-ups can do something magnificent. They don't need too much in terms of plants and infrastructure.”

“I was always told yogurt had to be sweet to appeal to Americans. But when people go to Turkey or Greece, within 15 minutes of their return, they start talking about how much they enjoyed the yogurt there.”