Ross Levinsohn Quotes

Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content.

I truly believe that Yahoo! is one of the most compelling and dominant companies in the world.

I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

The most important thing a magazine can do online is maintain its brand and be very strong in terms of delivering on that brand.

If you look at companies with upside potential, Twitter's right there. They've established a brand in a world where it's extremely difficult to establish a brand. It's a global brand, people recognize it, people want to let you know what their Twitter handles are, etc.

Burberry was about building a relationship. But it was always about selling an amazing product that you would have forever. Apple is just a deeper relationship with a much broader constituency. Because it's everybody.

No one stopped buying I.B.M. because Tom Watson wasn't there, but they stopped buying Elizabeth Arden because she wasn't there.

Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to its customers.

The real product at Diesel is satisfaction. My satisfaction at Diesel is being a pioneer.

Until the company believes in itself, AOL didn't have its own space and identity in the marketplace. The opportunity is to get out from under the negative history and figure out the value AOL offers for consumers and for publishers and advertisers.

The Yahoo story is still being written.

For Web-based services, owning the .com is very important when considering search and discovery. But consider your channel. For companies playing in the mobile app space, the dot com may be less important - it's about status and searchability in the app store.

In the Mac vs. PC ads, Apple bills itself as the antidote to Microsoft. To love Apple wasn't to sell out. It was to buy in. Most people use PCs, but Apple has the mindshare.

Leverage your brand. You shouldn't let two guys in a garage eat your shorts.

In Delicious's case, it's a great brand that belongs in Silicon Valley.

People regard Yahoo as a platform for essential services, and it's had a profound impact on the way people obtain information, communicate, and their entertainment.

Bebo has an opportunity to prove its products and services. Bebo plays in a very competitive space; it has big market share in specific countries. An AIM profile vs. a Bebo profile are very different experiences.

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.

Google has a great product. They've built a great business.

Making the leap from the best sunglasses company in the world to a world-class brand is a natural transition.

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.

I don't think Yahoo can be Facebook tomorrow, and don't think Yahoo wants to be Facebook.

Yahoo is a consumer brand. It is a consumer brand that allows people to get what they want from the Internet in a way that only Yahoo can deliver it.

Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players.

Google is in a position where it doesn't even have to strive to become a hip, conscious choice. Brands are temporary fads. Functionality is forever. Google just has to 'be,' and everyone will end up there sooner or later.