Linda McMahon Quotes

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.

I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side.

Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.

Know the business; you need to know the business side of things.

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.

I've made a payroll. I know what it's like to execute a business plan. I know what it's like to expect the proper return on investment... and I know you can't spend your way out of debt.

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.

The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.

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.

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.

The business end of business has never interested me.

In 2009 we increased the cash in Quinn Direct as we had in 2008. We increased the cash in it in 2010. The outstanding claims were €20m in March 2010 but Quinn Direct had more business in the U.K. than in Ireland.

If you're running a business for the long term, the last thing you should be doing is borrowing money to buy back stock.

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.

I can tell you that when you're counting every penny, knowing that you are a single bad decision away from bankruptcy, you inevitably lose focus on what really matters for your business.

It's so funny to think that I used to be a model and here I am doing arbitrage, shipping and negotiating margins, the list is endless.

You just can't get too focused on worrying about what's going to happen in the next quarter. You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

When you're talking about capital and financial things, which I certainly pay a lot of attention to, I base those decisions on one question that I typically ask myself, which is 'Does it help us to build a better company?'

American capitalists, enthralled by the doctrines of finance, have put their income statements in service of the balance sheet.

If you don't operate it as a business, you aren't going to be around very long.

Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from these rules, in consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.

Capital structure isn't an eyeshade economic thing: It's about your ability to protect your workforce and your service levels.

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

One thing I never thought about in my big-company job? Cash flow. When your business has billions of dollars in revenue, you can make a lot of mistakes and still have a viable business. But in a startup, make a few hiring mistakes, and you can find yourself in real jeopardy fast.

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