Ron Conway Quotes

Most people, when they meet me, one of the first things they say is, 'Why would you voluntarily subject yourself to war? Why would you go into these places where you know there's a risk of getting killed?'

I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year.

Without development there is no profit, without profit no development.

The best businesspeople have a hunger to make their todays better than their yesterdays. They have a staggeringly large appetite for pushing the envelope.

Father was bold, and Mother was cautious. They never shouted at each other but argued constantly about strategy, and they taught me very early that before taking big risks, one must carefully figure the odds.

I didn't get to be successful by letting people hurt Blackstone or me.

My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.

Tobey Maguire and I had a tough relationship - it was a tough working relationship. We butted heads, and ultimately, I lost the Los Angeles game because of differences with him. But then I moved to New York and built a bigger game, five times bigger, making more money, and that was pretty exciting.

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

The higher the risk, the higher the reward.

Success means making profits and avoiding losses.

My thing is to have a good, profitable company, for it to be 100% owned independently.

Nine out of ten businesses fail; so I came up with a foolproof plan - create ten businesses.

When I reached the top in business, I adjusted to my new position – I became bolder and crazier than before. And I listened even less to people who tried to slow me down.

Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk.

Many people are afraid to fail, so they don't try. They may dream, talk, and even plan, but they don't take that critical step of putting their money and their effort on the line. To succeed in business, you must take risks. Even if you fail, that's how you learn. There has never been, and will never be, an Olympic skater who didn't fall on the ice.

If you will thank me '' he replied let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them I believe I thought only of you.

Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

It's really an interesting crazy world where like ultimately you have to work your ass off and sacrifice a lot in your life and the end goal is personal and financial gain. You know, it's not like you're doing anything helpful to the world. You're really just trying to get ahead and to beat out the next person and to be on top and at the very top of those financial firms, like the people that make the crazy amounts of money I mean that's what their after.

Your financial cost can best be figured out when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of gold, you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks.

What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? It takes willingness to learn, to be able to focus, to absorb information, and to always realize that business is a 24/7 job where someone is always out there to kick your ass.