Sally Jewell Quotes

I certainly think you could look at the business side of how WWE was run, which was as a conservative company with little debt and strong cash balance.

I've certainly learnt there's nothing more important than cash - cash flow issues are one of the biggest causes of company failures.

No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.

Until 'Scrubs,' I didn't have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way.

I worked for twenty-some years with no capital, so I never had any liquidity. Managing my loans alone wouldn't do it, and working hard twenty-four hours a day seven days a week alone wouldn't do it. You have to be properly capitalized.

I brought one big question with me to Harvard. Why do smart companies fail?

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but that's not what's being done.

Most small-business owners have no financial education when they started. They weren't trained to be entrepreneurs.

There are days when you make runs, and there will be a dry spell. Like in business, every year you don't make profits.

Keep a strong balance sheet, don't get over-leveraged, and try to protect the security of your employees.

Most entrepreneurs come up with a product, or they come up with an idea and they think they can be successful with it. But if they don't know the financial side of their business and understand credit and working capital and what it takes money-wise, you can't be successful. The product is just a product.

Most people who get into the business are social animals by nature, but do they have the financial abilities to manage a business? A great bar owner has both.

So many of the major decisions that affect the entire future of your enterprise happen during its first year in business. In fact, most don't make it because they don't know how to get the resources they need to survive.

Cash flow is a problem for a small and developing company, and the lack of it is the reason why many small businesses fail. Ensure that you have enough money in your bank account to make you able to carry out daily basic needs for your business.

If your business is the right business, then money will never be an issue.

You know what kind of companies generally survive? Companies that make more money than they spend. I know, duh, right?

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.

Our balance sheet provides us with the ability to act on investment opportunities in appropriate areas that diversify and broaden our portfolio, including the gas and energy sector.

Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.

I am a graduate in business management with specialisation in finance, and I love accounts!

All of my businesses are profitable.