Differentiation Quotes

"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different." "You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die." "If you want to create and capture lasting value, don’t build an undifferentiated commodity business" "If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful" "The petty man is in constant distress; the superior man is always at ease" "Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value." "Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different." "The worst error in strategy is to compete with rivals on the same dimensions" "A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique" "I don't see myself as a normal person, frankly" "The best products in the world have a point of view. The worst products have none" "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do and what you don't know."