Business Quote by Joel Spolsky Download Open image “Listen to your customers, not your competitors.” — Joel Spolsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Business Communication Competitors Motivational business
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Talk to your customers. Find out what they need. Don't pay any attention to the competition. They're not relevant to you. — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
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Remember, just because Microsoft can do something, doesn't mean you can. Microsoft makes their own gravity. Normal rules don't apply to them. — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
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If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image