Business Strategy Quotes

"Make it about your customer, not about you." "The best marketing strategy ever: care." "Marketing is really about people and branding is about creating a unique distinction in the mind of the customer" "No great marketing decisions have ever been made on qualitative data" "Google is not a conventional company, and we do not intend to become one" "When product and marketing are doing their jobs well, you'd think that the product almost sells itself." "You should learn from your competitor but never copy. Copy and you die." "Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are." "Your community can be your biggest asset. Don't just sell to them, serve them. " "We're running the company to serve more people." "Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today" "Ultimately, success can only come if you are able to find a way to really go deep and understand the needs that your customers are looking for." "Warren Buffett told me once and one of the rare times by the way he ever advised me directly that it's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price." "Retention is the game." "If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline." "All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's." "If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering." "A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well." "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it."