Jon Taffer Quotes

Part of running DC Comics is that it's much larger than Image Comics is, or was. There's a challenge to being one of the industry leaders in that everything you do is scrutinized and watched.

Becoming an authority in your industry can be a great way to promote your business and help you better serve your clients.

Our mission has always been to be leaders in each of our businesses, which is one, two, or three.

It's not easy for an outsider to understand this industry.

I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions.

I have been in the industry for about 15 years, and every day has been a learning experience, thanks to changing trends and technology.

The broad range of services we provide across our five businesses, together with our deep industry expertise, continues to differentiate Accenture, and we remain the partner of choice for the world's leading companies.

One of the key things is, when you look at semiconductor companies, it's all about experience.

I know every side of the industry after all these years.

As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company.

We have found in a long life that one competitor is frequently enough to ruin a business.

The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.

The people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry.

Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.

Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.

Everyone has ideas. The first step is to learn more about your industry than anyone in the world. Otherwise there is a good chance that the lady that knows it better than you is going to kick your ass. Then you just have to go for it. No excuses. Just work your ass off.

I've always thought, it's the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it's our responsibility to set the tone for what's happening in the industry. And I take that seriously.

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous.

The rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a sailboat: privacy and fresh produce are in short supply, hygiene is basic, and a fair amount of the crew's time is spent just on maintaining and repairing the craft.

It's fascinating as we continue to innovate and lead the way in both the application space and the database space. In the very beginning, people said you couldn't make relational databases fast enough to be commercially viable. I thought we could, and we were the first to do it. But we took tremendous abuse until IBM said, "Oh yeah, this stuff is good."

The only reason to have a 300-foot-long boat is because they're bigger than 200-foot-long boats.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

All happy companies are different: each one earns a monopoly by solving a unique problem. All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition.

Stay in your lane. If you're good enough, people will move to you.