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Thomas G. Stemberg Quotes
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Thomas G. Stemberg
American
Businessman
Born:
Jan 18
,
1949
Died:
Oct 23
,
2015
After
Business
Me
School
Time
You
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One of the people who most influenced me was Ben Shapiro, a marketing professor at the business school. He used to rant and rave and pound his fist: 'It's all about the customers!' And he was right. He was also right that, at that time, retailing was devoid of really talented people; he urged me to go in that direction.
Thomas G. Stemberg
Time
Me
Business
People
School
Marketing
Rant
About
Direction
Pound
Retailing
Rave
He
Talented
Talented People
Most
Devoid
Also
Go
His
Fist
Influenced
Urged
Customers
Really
Used
Business School
Who
Professor
Right
Ben
If a customer walks out without shoes, you really want to find out why. 'It didn't fit' is not good enough.
Thomas G. Stemberg
Good
You
Walks
Shoes
Not Good Enough
Enough
Out
Find
Without
Fit
Want
Customer
Really
Why
Forget 'branding' and 'positioning.' Once you understand customer behavior, everything else falls into place.
Thomas G. Stemberg
You
Behavior
Positioning
Else
Everything
Once
Everything Else
Understand
Falls
Forget
Place
Customer
Typically you see the home office think up some great program but doesn't think through implementation at the store level.
Thomas G. Stemberg
Home
Great
You
Think
See
Some
Through
Implementation
Up
Office
Store
Level
Program
Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.
Thomas G. Stemberg
Life
Time
Adversity
Opportunity
Losing
Father
Has-Been
General
Only
Only Child
Course
Been
Child
Died
Theme
Turn
Traumatic
At the Harvard Business School, I really felt I had gained the ability to resolve difficult issues. But I also felt that I wasn't in the mainstream with my fellow students. During job-hunting season, for example, everybody shaved their beards for interviews. I thought, 'This is crazy.' So I grew a beard.
Thomas G. Stemberg
Crazy
Business
Beard
School
Thought
Example
Difficult
Resolve
Everybody
Interviews
Harvard
Ability
Students
Had
Mainstream
For Example
Shaved
Also
Fellow
Fellow Students
Felt
Issues
Grew
Gained
Really
Business School
Season
The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money.
Thomas G. Stemberg
Money
Make
Equity
Private
Role
Certainly
When a company goes bankrupt, you as a company have absolutely no say whatsoever as to what happens.
Thomas G. Stemberg
You
Say
Absolutely
Goes
Whatsoever
Bankrupt
Happens
Company
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