Patrick Vlaskovits, Entrepreneur

"Ford's adherence to his vision of the mass-market car and how to materialize that vision was instrumental in both his early success in growing Ford Motor Company as well as his later failure to respond in a timely and effective manner to rapid innovation in the marketplace."

"Refusal to continuously test your vision against reality and adapt may lead to failure. Many companies have failed because of this. Ford's failure to continuously test his vision against reality led to the company's failure to continuously innovate, resulting in a catastrophic loss of market share which it never recovered from."