Jon Taffer Quotes

Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you.

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.

I think there is a niche for every market.

When you know who your customers are, that can give you an edge on the competition.

Certainly, the human race can be fickle, and times do change, but overall, the barriers to bringing a product to market - and understanding what 'the market' wants - have remained unchanged.

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

When you understand your customer base, you have to provide them with what they want.

My dad built his business by providing products he figured the customers would want.

Certainly in business terms, considering how thriving the market is. Understanding what people want is essential. We have a team on the ground whose job it is to keep tabs on what's good, whether it's a tapas bar in Barcelona, or an amazing fish and chip shop in Yorkshire.

Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.

It had always made sense to me to build a business based on what people really wanted, rather than guess what we thought they might want.

I love market research because you really have an idea of what your consumers are looking for.

The general market wants what I do.

If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.

The problem with entrepreneurship is we are often working really hard producing high quality products that no-one wants. The creation of stuff is not valued.

Every startup should address a real and demonstrated need in the world - if you build a solution to a problem lots of people have, it's so easy to sell your product to the world.

We're not in the business of shaping consumer demand. We respond to it.

We all need to become more customer-focused and recognize the power of marketing to sell more diamonds.

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

I think the challenge for all technology companies is to modify what they're doing to be what the market needs at that point.

Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct.

There had to be a market in order for you to be successful in a business. The market had to need your business, or the product of it.

Your goal as an entrepreneur is to understand not only what your business does but the clients that it serves. If you really have your pulse on their needs and wants, then your 'absolute' failures are always going to have limits.

Launching a successful product or startup has little to do with luck. Any business that gains traction on the market is the result of very careful strategizing and market analysis, not to mention the development of an original product or service.

The goal of a private company is, first, zero to one: Get past the product-market fit; figure out whether people actually care about what you're trying to build and someone will pay you money for that. That's the zero to one problem.