Words of Wisdom from Mike Reilly

I spent a good while on the phone with Mike Reilly, CEO of the recently sold Randall-Reilly. Easy for me to say “good” here as Reilly is one entertaining guy. Before I give you the story behind the story this Friday/Monday in the upcoming issue of min’s b2b, I thought it would be fun to share with you here some of Reilly’s wisdom/witticism’s. I’d also like to remind everyone that this is the guy who, in two years, helped Wachovia turn a rumored $75 million investment to a rumored $150-200 million return.

“We think Hanley-Wood is the cat’s meow.”

“When most people read putts, they read from the ball to the hole. I read from the hole to the ball, because that’s where I want to be–in the hole.”

“The pioneers get the arrows and the settlers get the land. We want to be settlers.”

“You never know who’s tallest until the tide goes out.”

A few notes: I’ve taken these little gems out of context. I’ll put them back in context in my longer article in min’s b2b.