Eric Ries Quotes
By the time that product is ready to be distributed widely, it will already have established customers.

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The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
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Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
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The Russian customers don't feel very comfortable with online transactions.
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The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that of artistic imagination.
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Hey, if we didn't overcharge for our product - guess what - people wouldn't have to buy used games.
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I finally found the product that helps mend my damaged hair and prevent breakage. Avon's Advance Techniques Damage Repair 3D Rescue Leave-In Treatment makes it look and feel healthier.
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The advantage of the consumer businesses is they tend to be much broader-based, much larger number of customers, that tend to over time be a lot more predictable. The advantage of the enterprise companies is they are not as subject to consumer trend, fad, behavior.
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To customers, it's the shirt that matters, not where it's made.
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The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.
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And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically.
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EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it.
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If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented.
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We are intending a very, very strong make over of our entire product line as the year goes on.
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In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.
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Mascara is my go-to product before stepping out of the house.
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Your customer is anyone who depends on you, or who you depend on for success.
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Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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Life will end in death and unhappiness, but we do it anyway.
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Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.
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Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.
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By the time that product is ready to be distributed widely, it will already have established customers.