Sustainable Advantage Quotes

In fact I've probably never seen such a wide moat.

How do you compete against a true fanatic? You can only try to build the best possible moat and continuously attempt to widen it.

The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.

Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.

With a clever strategy, each action is self-reinforcing. Each action creates more options that are mutually beneficial. Each victory is not just for today but for tomorrow.

Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.

We don't know which use cases will ultimately be the most important for 5G, but we know that early adopters tend to get a sustainable advantage.

We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring oil rigs if we didn't believe we could get 40 percent.

Kevin Systrom of Instagram used to work for us as a consultant in the early days of Mint. I knew him a long time ago. Maybe I could have gotten in there. But with photo sharing, I don't know if there's an obvious business model. I don't think there's a competitive, sustainable advantage.

No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's going to fall apart anyway.