Paul E. Jacobs Quotes
There's always competitors out there, one way or another.
Jacobs, Paul E. Interview by Walt Mossberg. D10 Conference, All Things Digital, 30 May 2012.
When Bulgaria transformed from a Communist nation to a free market, competitive economy, most of the Bulgarian businessmen assumed that the competition was to get a favored position with the government and have the government then interfere with their competitors or some other government organized advantage for them as opposed to better products, better prices, better marketing. Ironically, there are still a few areas where the modern American system is much like Bulgaria was. Local telephone and electric monopolies are two of the worst.
Paul E. Jacobs is an American businessman and the former executive chairman of Qualcomm.