Unilever

“But we saw that these brands that actually were more purpose-driven were actually growing faster and more profitable as well.”

“So the share price dropped eight percent when I announced no quarterly, ah, reporting anymore, no guidance, because, you know, probably the reaction was new CEO and bad news is coming.”

“Our longer-term bonus could only be earned if the short-term bonus was put into shares, and these shares had to be held for five years before they would pay out, and after the payout, you then still had to hold them for two years.”

“Unilever, L'Oreal, like, Helen of Troy, who did end up buying us, like, those guys are product, those are huge product companies, they don't want a service company, it's a very different buyer that wants a service business”

“This is why the Unilevers, the Nestle's cannot do what we did, you know, cannot Started even with all of the resources in the world. Like when you get big, your brain changes, you know, you're really good. You become good at running big organizations, but hard…”