“Big companies are almost always far too slow to actually kill a small competitor.” BigsCompanyCompetitorsBig Companies Author:Omar Hamoui
“In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.” PeopleIfsMayStatesTodayMovingUnitedCompanyUnited StatesTomorrowColleaguesBusinessmanCompetitors Author:Akio Morita
“I read annual reports of the company I'm looking at and I read the annual reports of the competitors - that is the main source of material.” CompanyMaterialsSourceReportsCompetitorsAnnualsAnnual Reports Author:Warren Buffett
“I did something rather innovative that my competitors didn't like: I took out a full-page advertisement in the Yellow Pages that listed an office on the east side of Cincinnati, and another office on the west side, while every other heating/air-conditioning company had only one location and one phone number. I was the citywide company. In fact, our 'westside office' was just an answering service taking telephone message. From the start we appeared to be a big company.” FactsBigsSidesNumbersCompanyAirOfficeMessagesPagesWestPhonesEastYellowLocationTelephonesCompetitorsInnovativeConditioningAdvertisementsHeatingBig CompaniesPhone NumbersAir ConditioningEast SideWest SideWestside Author:Kevin Harrington
“In general, great companies prefer to grow organically, as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding new markets or by taking market share from their competitors.” GrowsCompanyShareStreetsWallFindingsLikesCompetitorsGreat Company Author:Alex Berenson
“Chinese companies may well be competitive on their domestic market, but it will be another 6 to 8 years before they become serious competitors internationally. We should not be afraid of China, but should learn from them instead.” ShouldYearsWellsMayCompanySeriousChinaChineseCompetitors Author:Tulsi Tanti
“There are multiple ways to be externally focused that are very successful. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.” PeopleIfsWayWholeCompanySuccessfulMassCriticalCustomersFocusedMultipleCompetitorsCritical Mass Author:Jeff Bezos
“That's why the smartest companies use Common Lisp, but lie about it so all their competitors think Lisp is slow and C++ is fast.” ThinkingUseLyingCommonCompanyCompetitorsLisp Author:Erik Naggum
“The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors.” PurposeCompanyGainsEdgesPlanningOver ItSoleCompetitorsStrategicStrategic PlanningBusiness Plan Author:Kenichi Ohmae
“It's like athletes: To be a great company you need great competitors...It's what keeps you alive and keeps you honest.” NeedsCompanyAliveHonestAthleteCompetitorsGreat Company Author:Craig R. Barrett