Hamdi Ulukaya
Hamdi Ulukaya
Hamdi Ulukayais a Kurdish entrepreneur and businessman living in the United States...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryTurkey
businesses community create difference focus jobs small start studies
There are a lot of studies about small businesses and how they make a difference in their community and create a lot of jobs and values. So we need to focus on small businesses or entrepreneurs who want to start manufacturing or making things.
business city cool difference encourage focus fund people seen silicon starting stay valley york
Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
country descend people
Most Americans descend from the very people who built this country with their bare hands.
few somebody
I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.
amazing
My mother used to make the most amazing yogurt.
terms
On the tech side, little start-ups can do something magnificent. They don't need too much in terms of plants and infrastructure.
lose might others stay
For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
built business came experience ran somebody time work
I didn't have a business degree. I didn't have experience to work in somebody else's office. I never built or ran a department. So I was on this journey, and when the time came to make a decision, I was just going with my gut.
everywhere keeping major stores struggling
You can find Chobani in every major supermarket, in club stores, convenience stores and airports. But we're not everywhere yet. We have been struggling with keeping up with demand.
doe yogurt
Fage does not make great yogurt.