Satoru Iwata Quotes

Competition is good because we need to educate customers, and Ozon.ru itself will not be able to do it.

When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share from competitors.

When you improve your product so it does the customer's job better, then you gain market share.

In some industry markets, high quality can be tied to making more money, but I am sure by now all of us know the computer industry is not like that.

When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.

If you ask me, 'So what is your business model?' Our business model's always about shifting to higher value opportunities.

At its core, all authentic growth depends on more customers wanting more of what your company offers. Any other drivers - pricing gimmicks, heroic marketing efforts, forced acquisitions - are ultimately destructive.

Competition can never be eliminated from this industry. There is nothing wrong with it. It keeps you on your toes, making you work harder.

From my point of view, my job is just to work hard for our franchisees, so they can maintain the position they're in, and to grow market share.

Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.

Investors can see that Facebook is feeling old and tired and isn't seeming to be that innovative.

The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me.

The problem with Myspace was always that it was never as strong a product as it needed to be. It left itself vulnerable to competition. It was only a matter of time before someone created something better.

There's an ongoing competition by global companies across all areas from products, technology development and hiring talented people to patent disputes. The market is big and opportunities are wide open, so we should find out new businesses that Samsung's future will hinge on.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

Ever since we published the first Apple report, we've had some other brands turning more proactive.

It's no longer the older paradigm of, 'I want to own this market, and no one else can own this market because I own this market.' The Internet has made the market limitless.

Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.

Competition is always there.

Good products win out.

I think competition is good. It finally delivers the best value to the customer, and I think it keeps all the players on their toes.

If you're entering anything where there's an existing marketplace, against large, entrenched competitors, then your product or service needs to be much better than theirs. It can't be a little bit better, because then you put yourself in the shoes of the consumer... you're always going to buy the trusted brand unless there's a big difference.

I have shifted my mindset in terms of how companies should... focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial.

You've got to remember there's intense competition between Microsoft and Amazon.

It's very challenging to carve back market share.