Sukanto Tanoto: Doing

Sukanto Tanoto is Indonesian businessman. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

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“You Americans bring your accountants and lawyers. We are like Nike -- we just do it.”

On overseas Chinese doing business in China, versus Americans. Interview, Enter the Dragon: Building the Chinese Powerhouse, Jun 26, 1994. http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinprss.html <br class="br">1994

“Doing the commodity business with China is like drinking coffee. We enjoyed three spoons of sugar per cup for a long time. Suddenly, when that’s cut to one and a half spoons, we feel bitter — because it used to be so sweet.”

Sukanto Tanoto

Interview, New York Times, Dec 1, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/business/international/indonesia-economy-interest-rates.html?_r=0 <br class="br">2015

“I learn by doing, but each time I don’t understand, I will ask… If I don’t understand, I don’t feel ashamed to ask questions.”

Sukanto Tanoto

Keynote speech, Wharton Global Modular Course, May 25, 2015. http://www.inside-rge.com/Sukanto-Tanoto-Entrepreneur-Journey-1 <br class="br">2015

“Our business philosophy is the four C’s. We do business in a way that is Good for the Community, Good for the Country, Good for the Climate, and only then will it be Good for the Company.”

Sukanto Tanoto

Speech, World Economic Forum Davos 2016. http://www.inside-rge.com/Sukanto-Tanoto-Fourth-C-WEF-Davos <br class="br">2016