Carlos Slim Quotes

You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

$200, 300 million games, I'm a little scared about that; there aren't a lot of companies that have the resources or the courage to spend that much.

I do think that in order for a company to be interesting to the investment community, there needs to be a plan; there needs to be a bigger retail footprint. There needs to be this idea - DNA, lifestyle, words I hate.

For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.

I say at our management conferences that the amount Wal-Mart grows in just one year is the equivalent of Costco's size.

We got bigger, much scarier competitors. We ended up with Microsoft, a company with all the money in the world, the way I look at those guys. And IBM, another company that, historically, dwarfed us.

Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.

I can't tell you the amount we plan to invest in new acquisitions because that will depend on the opportunities that become available to us.

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

There is a reason companies raise money from investors, which is to invest in growth.

At the end of the day, it's show business: you earn money to make money.

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

The more people's money you take to do something, the more inputs you get.

I couldn't have predicted the business would be worth so much. I could see that we would have this sort of market share, but I didn't realise the numbers would be so large.

They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production.

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.

Either you sit on the pile of cash, or you continue to grow.

The PC is successful because we're all benefiting from the competition with each other. If Twitter comes along, our games benefit. If Nvidia makes better graphics technology, all the games are going to shine. If we come out with a better game, people are going to buy more PCs.

Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.

When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.

I think for business reasons, fiscal reasons, I think these cable networks can take greater risks and I think with a risk comes better programming. And I think USA has got an amazing identity to it now that is clearly defined with its 'Characters welcome' tag.

When I got a deposit on my very first cake, I took that deposit and I bought some cake mix with it. I've never taken a loan - ever. And we're doing this expansion just like everything we've done in this bakery as we've grown. If we weren't able to afford paying for something cash, we didn't buy it.

I definitely see a correlation between how many things a company gets right and how fast a company grows.