Tilman J. Fertitta Quotes

I took business and economics courses. More than anything, I learned the proper steps and the things that need to be outlined. You have to keep your books: how much money you made, how much money you're spending, what you profited, and what you're gonna need for expenses.

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.

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

Accounting was the course that helped me more than anything.

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.

Landing a million-dollar investment for your startup is exhilarating. But as big as that number sounds, it doesn't go far. Many startups just getting off the ground won't have a CFO to monitor finances. It doesn't take much for spending to spiral out of control.

The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality.

Certified Public Accountant

If you don't have a VP Finance on your team reporting to you, do yourself, your team, and your investors a favor and go hire one right now.

Learning how to keep track of inventory and cash flow and creating an income statement and a balance sheet are great skills to learn for managing existing businesses.

I really love being finance director.

I actually studied accounting in college. So I'm a CPA.

I was getting a degree in accounting, and I was going to go off and account. And as it worked out, I haven't accounted for anything since.

Maybe it wasn't anything remotely to do with religion, mysticism or metaphilosophy after all; maybe it was more banal; maybe it was just...accounting.

The Profit and Loss Statement tells you a lot about how your business is doing. It can also help you to determine ways that you can go about saving money so that you get to bring more money home! Basically, the P&L statement measures all of your income sources verses all your business expenses for any given period of time.

There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.

I have a business manager and a book-keeper who deals with our household bills. My husband and I sit down with her for a weekly report on how much money is going out, but I'm not terribly interested, and I don't have the patience for it.

I am not a bookkeeper!

Companies always have a balance sheet of its assets, but counties do not.

Most people don't reconcile their bank accounts.

My mom works at an accounting firm; my dad's a math teacher.

As an accountant by trade, my work for blue chip companies took me all over the world.

For business owners, there are many important documents to learn to read. One of the most important is the profit and loss statement, known as the P&L, and the balance sheet.

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.

I look like an accountant. And no offense to accountants! There's some really cool accountants out there.