George Washington Carver Quotes

Competition matters.

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

I've never had difficulty dominating any market I've been in.

Competition is one of the most important drivers of innovation because you have to stay in the race. You have to think of something new, and if you don't, well, of course you should leave the market.

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

The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared.

In the long run all producers are forced to use the most efficient methods or give place to others who do.

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

There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.

Market share is key.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two big players, and end in a winner-take-all situation.

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.

The PC is successful because we're all benefiting from the competition with each other. If Twitter comes along, our games benefit. If Nvidia makes better graphics technology, all the games are going to shine. If we come out with a better game, people are going to buy more PCs.

You've got to figure out how you're going to come in and significantly impact and redefine a market such that you become a market share leader in it.

It's easier to build a business around a first-class product, even if it's a more expensive product to produce.

There is a healthy competition as there would be in any business. But we do not spend our days thinking about what Marvel is doing.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

But in the free market system, you're forced to change.

You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.

Customers are willing to try new things, and if you can survive, you will have fewer competitors. It's like entering the eye of the storm. As long as you are strong enough to survive, you can end up in still water by yourself.

When I came into the mobile phone business, I was really the upstart who pretty much took the business, not quite by storm, but really made an impact on it quite early on. But it was from a position, really, of feeling that I was a last mover.

The packaged food business environment is very Darwinian. You're fighting for survival every year; you evolve and grow or you die. It's really that simple.

No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won.

... whatever business you're in, it doesn't matter, it's going to commoditize over time, it's going to devalue, you've got to keep moving it to a higher value. Keep going to a higher value in whatever it is that you do and force yourself and force the organization to always do it ahead of time