Henrik Fisker Professions : Designer Born : August 10, 1963 Browse All Authors Top 48 quotes by Henrik Fisker Once investors come in, it's hardly your company anymore! Henrik Fisker once your come company One of the big failures for the big auto companies is that even the CEO and the top management often don't understand design and manufacturing. As a CEO, you have to make decisions; you need to have knowledge. Henrik Fisker understand you management knowledge The car is the most regulated thing in the world. It's more complicated to make a car than it is to send a rocket to space. Henrik Fisker car space complicated world At a European auto show, I had someone from a German car company come up to me and say the Karma should cost $125,000, not $87,900, but our development process lets us lower the costs. I guarantee it's profitable. Henrik Fisker someone me karma car The biggest challenge is to build the team and start the company, while hiring people, raising money, building a brand which has no history, all at the same time. You're doing a lot of things that in an established company are already done. Henrik Fisker you money time history I could imagine that boats sailing in harbors will only use electric engines. And then once they are out in the water they will use diesel. Henrik Fisker only will imagine water Any car designer always dreams about designing their own car - if they say they don't, they're lying... For me, it was never about starting my own company just to make another car. Henrik Fisker dreams me my-own car I like doing business with people in India. Henrik Fisker doing india business people Similar Authors Bruce Mau designer Brian Reynolds designer Bran Ferren designer Amy Butler Greenfield designer Alex Bogusky designer Alec Issigonis designer All Authors