It takes a lot more to run a good business than just trailing commissions or kickbacks otherwise everybody would succeed, wouldn't they?
John Ilhan - Business - Success

If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done.
John Ilhan - Leadership - Job - Partnership

It was quite tough, not many opportunities. I remember in primary school, one of my teachers said, "As for you young man, you haven't got much of a future."
John Ilhan - Criticism - Opportunity - Challenges

It's a very, very tough market. So unless you do a really good job, you buy the right products from the manufacturers, you service the customer, they keep coming back, they bring their friends in, it's all about numbers, numbers, numbers.
John Ilhan - Challenges - Job - Customers - Marketing

We react very quickly in the market. We can make quick changes.
John Ilhan - Marketing - Change

This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want. And, if you do this, people will keep coming back.
John Ilhan - Customers - Marketing

Don't let anyone say you can't do it.
John Ilhan - Criticism - Challenges