Jason Fried Quotes

Don't worry about the financials. Just focus on delivering great products.

No amount of tools can help a bad product. You have to remain genuine in your product development innovation and quality.

I can't force the direction that it's going to go without actually taking the time to make sure it's a great, great quality product. Whether that's for apparel, or whatever the case may be.

'Quality' means what will sell and do a customer some good - at least try to.

Once you have a product that you are happy with, you the need to centralize things to continue growth.

Fans will come if you have a good product.

We got to this point by constantly perfecting our products.

If a customer walks out without shoes, you really want to find out why. 'It didn't fit' is not good enough.

When you take on a project, you have to be certain that you can make the best version of whatever it is you're given.

The main problem was a pacing problem. I had wanted the project to be about 20-30 issues, and I should have written it out as a full script beforehand.

Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.

I don't want to do anything and everything. I want to be a brand that, every time I leverage my name, I want people to feel sure that it's going to be something good - so whether it be my movies, my perfume, my restaurant, my musical, it'll be good work, good food and good everything.

Our approach at Apple has always been to make products we're proud to own and use ourselves.

I don't micromanage, but I do care deeply about every product we make. Every one goes through me, and I try most of our products before they go to market, including our John Paul Pet flea and tick shampoo. If I don't like it, it's not coming out.

If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most amazing experience ever.

Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply.

I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.

I know I always worked hard on making sure we came out with the best possible product and of course we were working with four other people, you have to balance that as well.

The real challenge in this line of work is being able to weed the productive ones from the chaff, to decide which you're going to spend the next six to nine months turning into something that people will pay for.

Apple's goal isn't to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products.

When a product is made, everyone hopes for the best. Whether it could have been better or not is more of an afterthought.

When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

Your Dream, Vision, Purpose, and Mission all come together when you bring products to market - so make sure you're bringing your best.

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.

A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly.