Lesley Gore Quotes

If you really stay focused on what your beliefs are and what your customer wants, you'll find the right markets.

All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.

Great companies are built on great products.

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

My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap.

The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.

You have to do things right to stay in business, and that's not easy, and that's a choice on a daily basis, the choices you make in how to run your business and how to have a point of differentiation and how to be true to your brand, how to offer something that people want and to offer something that you love.

I think the only way to maintain profitability is to meet the needs of the customers.

To me, all business is the same it's just the product that's different and you can have a diamond in your hand, but if you don't market it correctly, it just becomes another piece of coal.

In business, what do we do? We compete.

Nike is Nike. Adidas is Adidas. I've played in their circuits and stuff like that, but now it's a business. You don't want just product. You're not a kid anymore. You're really trying to get bank. That's about it.

I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.

You'll go out of business if you think people are stupid.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can't cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.

As a businessman, my dharma is to cater to every taste of my viewer.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.

When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?'

As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company and your brand apart from the crowd. If you form a strategy without doing the research, your brand will barely float - and at the speed industries move at today, brands sink fast.

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.

The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered.

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

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.

I thought a company that provides mutual-fund information could be a great business, because you could construct an effective moat by building large financial databases and customer lists and a strong brand name.

I think there is a niche for every market.