Elizabeth Esty Quotes

America demands invention and innovation to succeed.

We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina.

Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can't out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, you're toast anyway.

Maine is competing with the rest of the country for jobs and for economic development and we're going to be on the front edge of that competition. And technology is one of the ways to do it.

America has a unique combination of talent, a vibrant business environment, and access to global markets, which has enabled U.S. companies like Intel to foster economic growth and innovation.

I have no problem with money coming in and spawning competition. I am honest enough to admit that Mahindra & Mahindra would not have been going to the IITs and doing research if there was no competition.

Companies want to innovate. Companies that don't innovate wither on the vine. The connection between STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and the financial stability of a nation is what needs to established.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

What can we learn from the battle between data and design? What can we learn from the relationship between Google and Apple? Clearly no one school of thought is right: Apple and Google are both wildly successful and profitable companies that changed the world.

There's always something happening in the world that creates an opportunity to try to fix a business and build a business.

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

If you look historically, what creates growth and wealth is innovation and investment, and increase in scale - more customers.

In America, when you bring an idea to market, you usually have several months before competition pops up, allowing you to capture significant market share. In China, you can have hundreds of competitors within the first hours of going live. Ideas are not important in China - execution is.

Google worries - and rightly so - about how hard it is for a big company to come up with the next hot thing.

We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.

I hope that I have had some effect on the fact that Israel is a start-up nation.

The Obama Administration cares deeply about innovation and about helping to make sure that geeks across the country, those coming up with new discoveries and exciting inventions - and creating jobs along the way - have the freedom and security to keep innovating.

You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.

The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive.

Boston is known for its innovation.

I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company.

The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff.

I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next.

I think every business should build on their strengths, and the strengths of Victoria are our clean, green agriculture; the strengths of Victoria are our strong education system.

I want to see talent and companies and money and entrepreneurs moving to Chicago.