Brian Krzanich Quotes

Today, the competition is considerably more intense.

The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out.

The competition is pretty rough these days.

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

Every industry, as it comes to a certain level of maturity, there is consolidation. In that consolidation, some fall, but the men will always be there. It is the boys that get sloughed, I would say.

The enterprise market is never winner-take-all.

When you're in 45 markets, you take it on the chin here and there.

When I broke in, in 1957, it was wide open. Now you're up against strong competition.

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.

I think we are living in a time where the consumer has lots of choices, whether it's coffee, newspapers or whatever it is. And there is parity in the market place, and as a result of that, the consumer is beginning to make decisions, not just on what things cost and the convenience of it.

When you love competition, you don't want the market to consolidate.

When regulations restricting competition are relaxed, nobody's market share is protected. If telephone companies can offer video programming, cable revenue will surely drop.

5,000 units will saturate the market.

Competition is always there.

Bayer's planned acquisition of Monsanto promises to increase concentration in both the seed and agrochemical markets.

The Indian banking industry has always been full of competition, and there is enough room for growth.

When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share from competitors.

There's a lot of businesses that are working hard, who are at the top of their games. Therefore, it's always going to be a market share fight.

Competition matters.

There's always competitors out there, one way or another.

Competitions are a business, first and foremost.

Many first-time founders fail to understand the difference between the potential of the Total Addressable Market (TAM) and the very finite subsection they can hope to capture. No company ever captures the entire market they pioneer. Innovation doesn't happen in a vacuum, and others will jump in from the moment you've identified the potential.

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

Look at the computer industry. I've watched a lot of companies come and go, some that were right at the pinnacle of their success.

In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor.