Rick Rosenfield
Co-Founder at California Pizza Kitchen
Expert insights
- We saw the difference between a concept and a business. We thought… We were these bright lawyers. We came up with this great concept, and we introduced barbecue chicken pizza to...
- They were pushing us, 'You’ve got to come up with a mission statement.' Like, 'Like what?' we said. 'Well, like, to sell more pizzas than anybody in the world.' 'Oh no, no, no, ...
- I was speaking to managers in Miami… and I said, 'You know, we’re very committed to upholding our standards and quality,' and one woman manager sort of rolled her eyes at the ot...
- We had 32 regional directors when we sold the company for the last time I was involved in it. They had an average tenure of 14 years. And probably an average age of 36.