I admire companies that have a purpose, passion, and performance. I am a fan of Unilever under its CEO Paul Polman, not only for the company's insights into women and men when they buy beauty products or skin products (the DOVE woman, the AXE man), but also as a company seeking to achieve both growth and practicing social responsibility.

Marketing is becoming a battle based on information than on sales power.

The most important thing is to forecast where customers are moving, and be in front of them.

There is no such thing as a commodity. It is simply a product waiting to be differentiated.

Great insight comes from seeing something as odd and finding out why.

The key solution is to invest in innovation and entrepreneurship within the company. Reducing waste - although probably not eliminating it - and do so at all levels of government would probably generate the capital needed. Alas, that will probably not happen because it makes too much sense.

Good companies will meet needs; great companies will create markets.