Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick exit. It is centered on long-term value creation.

I believe that as an entrepreneur, when you share success, it grows.

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.

I love innovation, I love competing. I hate my competitors. You cannot be in the world of business when you don't have this consciousness of winning.

Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick exit. It is centered on long-term value creation.

Shepherd. It's a very beautiful word. It represents peace. And it meant a lot to me because...I come from a life with shepherds and mountains and all that stuff.

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