Andrew Gotianun Quotes

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.

When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems... Once you see a problem and you keep looking at it, you'll find an answer.

After serving as a U.S. Navy SEAL, I started a business. In four years, it failed incredibly, but I learned a lot about business, raising equity, and choosing partners.

There's not much difference between a fantasist and a visionary. We all have dreams and without dreams in business, I don't believe you can be successful. The trick is to turn them into reality.

I've always been an entrepreneur, but it's never been about the money. I like a challenge, the harder the better.

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

Commercial banks are very good for certain businesses, like loans and guarding other people's money. They're not great investors or entrepreneurs.

When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.

Did we ever plan on being billionaires? No, but we wanted to be millionaires.

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.

Some studies show that women can be better money managers than men because they tend to be more conservative and do their homework. Men tend to take more risks without the research.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and getting that bread.

I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things.

Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.