The only thing I find executives down about is the regulatory environment. Ken Moelis More Quotes by Ken Moelis More Quotes From Ken Moelis I've always said this: I've never seen a Michelin three-starred restaurant that was a buffet. They usually serve à la carte. I do think the delivery of a specific service, a specific advice for a specific reason, is the way you get the equivalent of a Michelin three-starred relationship. Ken Moelis threeadvicethinking Everybody is looking at their base business and saying, "What else is it? Sure, we do this, but while we're doing that, what else do we know about our customer, and what does that enable us to do?" That comes from the access to information and the ability to analyze it with a speed they never had. I think everybody is thinking that way. Ken Moelis informationdoethinking The challenges, the changes we're talking about often seem to them like unbelievable opportunities to deliver a product quicker, better. If you can improve the quality, lower the cost, and improve the turns - and you can do that because your information systems, your delivery systems, are better because of technology - well, you see that as a wonderful opportunity to gain market share. Ken Moelis technologyopportunitytalking There is a lot of opportunity in all of this stuff [like healthcare business]. I don't know why everybody is focused on the negatives. Ken Moelis healthcarestuffopportunity There are some very difficult things to understand that globalization is providing, that people really think are just here but really are a function of some of that. There are some very difficult arguments. Ken Moelis argumentpeoplethinking I want to be clear. Who knows if [ Donald Trump] will be a vessel that people will get behind, it might not be, but there is a movement out there. Ken Moelis movementwantpeople I think people sense that - that there is something not right about that equation [in the USA]. Ken Moelis usapeoplethinking If you're not exposing yourself to a non-consensus view somehow over the course of a day, you can reject them, but you should expose yourself to them. Ken Moelis exposing-yourselfshouldviews There are only two people running [Donald trump and Hillary Clinton] - you have to pick one of two people, and it's not like I said Mickey Mouse was going to win. This is why, like you said about Brexit, inside of London I don't think they saw what was going on. Ken Moelis winningrunningthinking You get behind some of the numbers, like the underfunded pensions in the US, and I'm not sure people even understand how wrong their situation is. Ken Moelis situationnumberspeople You ever go out to a restaurant now? You can get quality food - you can go out and get the best food that was available 20 years ago. They'll put it on a plate, you'll sit in a plastic chair because nobody values the chair, the white tablecloth, the maître d', but they'll put on your plate some great food for what used to be available at Applebee's prices. There are some really nice things going on, some external values being delivered to people. Ken Moelis nicewhiteyears I think that life expectancy over the last 10 years has increased dramatically. You're living longer. Ken Moelis lastsyearsthinking The consensus is a very dangerous thing to get complacent about. Ken Moelis consensuscomplacentdangerous Tony James would succeed in anything you put in front of him. Ken Moelis top-news
