Richard Branson Quotes

'Sir' Richard Branson may be the Julian Assange of British business, in that both believe the world revolves around them. Hence Branson's decision to set up an air service between Manchester and London, above the route of the train line that's been taken from him.

The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared.

Because we're sponsored by competing breweries there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies.

When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.

You've got to remember there's intense competition between Microsoft and Amazon.

Competition exists everywhere.

Competition matters.

But they are also better, our competitors are better because Wal-Mart exists.

When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

All competitors are fierce competitors; Vodafone is the world's second largest company. We fight it each day. Idea Cellular is big and successful, too. Competition is competition; we are used to it.

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

Apple and Samsung are selling in such high volumes, and they're vertically integrated more and more, that it's very, very hard for anyone to compete against Apple and Samsung in the high-volume part of the smartphone or tablet market.

I don't really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple.

It's always about mindshare, not market share.

Global competition is about winners and losers.

I don't think there is any franchise more powerful than ours around securing the consumer experience and we will not concede that to anyone including Microsoft.

I competed with Yahoo for 15-1/2 years, and the one thing I tried to do over the years was desperately try to get a deal with them.

In the economic competition, in the technological competition, we are competitors; we are not allies.

Modern competition is often described as a fight of all against all.

As capitalists are in one another’s hair at home, they are at one another’s throats internationally.

There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.

He who puts ... a product upon the market as it demands, controls that market, regardless of color. It is simply a survival of the fittest.

Competition to the economist is predatory pricing to the business person.