Comments on: TTAC Contest: How Can GM Turn Itself Around (In Ten Words or Less)? CLOSED

By: AG

AG — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:59:40 +0000

Workers: Socialist Revolution

Bob Nardelli, Rick Wagoner: Special Prosecutor

FTW

By: Ingvar

Ingvar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:54:42 +0000

Holydonut: I really liked your first haiku. My vote goes to you…

By: holydonut

holydonut — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:52:22 +0000

GM entered life
as a holding company.
No Entrepreneurs?

By: guma

guma — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:52:07 +0000

Simple really: “Work Smarter, Not Harder.”

By: N85523

N85523 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:48:20 +0000

Do what is right and do not fear failure.

By: David Holzman

David Holzman — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:59 +0000

or,

resurrect Harley Earl

By: holydonut

holydonut — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:33 +0000

Ego and hubris
prevent collective efforts.
Fuel is a poison.

By: David Holzman

David Holzman — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:45:12 +0000

hang a U

By: Steve Green

Steve Green — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:45:00 +0000

Build cars people will buy. Sell them at a profit.

By: bman82

bman82 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:41:36 +0000

Make good cars and don’t saturate markets, isn’t it obvious?

By: tesla deathwatcher

tesla deathwatcher — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:35:24 +0000

Cut lean as well as fat. Then be patient.

By: bumpy

bumpy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:31:23 +0000

Not quite what you asked for, but I’ll go with a quote:

“You see, I bought the Red Car so I could *dismantle* it.”

By: Rod Panhard

Rod Panhard — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:27:41 +0000

Flexible production. Non-combative supplier relations. Customer focused products. Babes.

By: psknapp

psknapp — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:27:32 +0000

Cut brands. Focus messages. Continually improve. Innovate. Don’t cut corners.

By: vwtdiforlife

vwtdiforlife — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:27:07 +0000

Excellence without compromise.

By: Ingvar

Ingvar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:21:34 +0000

If revenue = insolvency, then goto chapter 11.

By: Ingvar

Ingvar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:18:28 +0000

When better cars are built, Buick will build them.

By: Stein X Leikanger

Stein X Leikanger — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:14:45 +0000

Develop variable mobility, variable ownership, fast.

By: arapaima

arapaima — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:13:40 +0000

Make distinctive cars, keep cost and quality on par with competition.

By: NN

NN — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:11:25 +0000

Prepackaged Bankruptcy
Nationalize Healthcare
Can Wagoner
Chevy & Cadillac only

By: akitadog

akitadog — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:09:00 +0000

Get:

-bankrupt,
-lean,
-new management,
-good marketing,
-rid of union!

By: MrGreenMan

MrGreenMan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:59:40 +0000

Reorganize in bankruptcy; be like Tesla — preorder the 2010 models.

By: Ronnie Schreiber

Ronnie Schreiber — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:58:39 +0000

That’s 78 words too many.

Robert, scroll up to 3:21. I count 8, not counting line numbers.

The second comment wasn’t a contest entry.

What, me prolix?

By: Happy_Endings

Happy_Endings — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:57:36 +0000

Offer free oral sex for the lifetime of the car. Kidding.

By: Redbarchetta

Redbarchetta — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:57:30 +0000

Less brands & dealers, less labor & management, better marketing, cars & warranty.