“Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantShowsAbleThreePsychologyChangedProductsWasteResearchAskingCustomersPlentyFeaturesBehaveWasting Time Author:Eric Ries
“Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits decline, and companies find themselves falling into debt... I changed the mindset at Canon by getting people to realize that profits come first.” PeopleFirstsFallRealizingCompanyShareChangedProductsAimProfitDebtMindsetDeclineCanon Author:Fujio Mitarai
“I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it.” YearsLyingNamesLosesMillionsWeekChangedProductsDollarsTunesPoundsScams Author:Richard Simmons
“We were young. We were 23. I was a kid, growing up, that would burn and fry. I didn't understand why. We did all this study and research and learned so much about skin cells and rejuvenation and how the body works and (how) everybody is different. (We) learned what doctors do for treatment of certain things and so I changed my direction and opened up a skin-care company - healthy tanning, skin-care products and rejuvenation and all of that and it took off.” DifferentBodyCareKidsYoungCertainCompanyGrowing UpStudyGrowingChangedProductsHealthyResearchDoctorsSkinsCellsTreatmentKids Growing UpSkin CareRejuvenationTanningBody Work Author:Drew Waters
“The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. If we want to change the world we have to change our thinking...no problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.” IfsThinkingWorldWantProblemConsciousnessChangedProductsChanging The WorldNo Problem Author:Albert Einstein
“They've changed the salesman but they haven't changed the product.” HavensChangedProductsSalesman Author:Tony Abbott
“The product Disney created actually changed a life, and that was significant to them. They didn't stand in my way at all.” WayChangedProductsSignificantMy Way Author:Roger Ross Williams
“Social media can work to a CEO's advantage. Someone with a great product in a small town in the middle of nowhere can compete in the world marketplace. In 1962, Sam Walton changed the face of retailing with Wal-Mart. As we speak, Amazon is again changing the face of retail with on-line buying.” WorldFacesSpeakSocialLinesMiddleMediaChangedProductsAdvantageTownsSocial MediaBuyingCeoSmall TownMarketplaceAmazonRetailMiddle Of NowhereRetailing Author:Bill Capodagli