Thomas Pogge Quotes

I want every business to compete and thrive.

Koch Industries is an amazing business that has succeeded by building a product that customers love dearly. The folks who run Koch are very clear. They would love to have government just get out of the way and allow companies to compete, whether in their particular sectors or other sectors. They are true believers in small government.

The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.

The best mental effort in the game of business is concentrated on the major problem of securing the consumer's dollar before the other fellow gets it.

Competition is. In every business, no matter how small or how large, someone is just around the corner forever trying to steal your ideas and build his success out of your imagination, struggling after that which you have toiled endless years to secure, striving to outdo you in each and every way. If such a competitor would work as hard to originate as he does to copy, he would much more quickly gain success.

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

In order to generate extraordinary profits, you must have a focus that is beyond profits. You need to focus on how you serve your clients.

One of the things that slightly annoys me in business is that we use words like innovation. Young people often think innovation is about doing something new, but actually it's not. It's about doing something better than your competition.

Our business model rises or falls on our ability to serve the artists. If others can do it better, the artists will go elsewhere.

There are millions of business ideas out there but only a tiny percentage of businesses succeed.

If you don't listen to your customers, someone else will.

You want an idea that turns into a monopoly. But you can't get a monopoly, in a big market right away; too much competition for that.

Sure, but competition is good for the user.

If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we'll turn out all right.

In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor.

The government in business may waste time and money without rendering service. In the end the public pays in taxes. The corporation cannot waste or it will fall. It cannot make unfair rulings or give high-handed, expensive service, for there are not enough people willing to accept inferior service to make a volume of business that will pay dividends.

Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied... He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.

We in America can compete successfully with anyone in the world, and we're going to.

Every product and service is sold on the promise of a better future. The purpose of business is to deliver on the promise, and profit is the reward for doing so.

Building a business and becoming a billionaire is it's not championship. It's the competence; the competence in your sector with other companies not looking to have some kind of records in this issue.

People who decry the fact that businesses are in business "just to make money" seldom understand the implications of what they are saying. You make money by doing what other people want, not what you want.

The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company.

It's strictly business. If I loan you $25 million, I want my money back. I don't want to hear about the social impact. That's great for you, but now I'm $25 million in the hole, so next time you come to ask me.

We have found in a long life that one competitor is frequently enough to ruin a business.