Business Quotes

On the outside, Yahoo is a fun and irreverent place, but on the inside we are extremely competitive.

This is a business that thrives on competition (Casino Resorts). For 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the strip hosts the most violent competition in business in America.

I can’t deny that Jerry Springer supposedly beating us didn’t affect me. There was a point where I felt like, Golly, you work so hard, you try so hard and the people say they want meaningful television and then Jerry Springer ends up beating you. It was disturbing.

An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Marx was right when he said capitalism would destroy itself as capitalist would eat capitalist until they became so big they could not compete.

The pace at eBay was frantic and urgent. We knew that if we didn’t move fast, somebody would come into the market and quash us. Participant doesn’t make a lot of sense from a financial investment perspective, so it’s unlikely that other people will be approaching the business in the same way. So you see less urgency; you see a thoroughness and willingness to spend extra time to get things right. Which I think is really important.

If you know your strength it never becomes a weakness. If the market knows your strength then it becomes a weakness.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

I wasn’t running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I’m selling spaghetti sauce (with Newman’s Own), I begin to understand the romance of business.. the allure of being the biggest fish in the pond and the juice you get from beating out your competitors.

As with all politically lead governments, foreign investment is the slowest in the media section. Politicians are somewhat paranoid about the media but we still think it’s worthwhile.