Brad Feld Quotes

Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections.

Q1 is the easiest quarter to make. If you miss your Q1, regardless of the type of revenue you have, you aren't going to make your revenue plan for the year because your budget process isn't accurate.

The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.

The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.

The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.

I want to my films to make Rs 200 crore and Rs 300 crore also, but I have to be reasonable.

As a business owner, I understand the importance of prioritizing your bottom line, but it's equally as important to consider how you can succeed while also thinking about the long-term impact on the community.

I've invested a couple million into touring, and that's paid off.

A lot of people want to start a business, and they're like, 'I wanna start a business, give me some money to invest.' Where is your business plan? Are you investing money yourself into your own business? How is this going to work? People think that they can just come to you with an idea and have money.

Knopf is solidly profitable, and that is how I intend to keep it.

Why can't modern tech companies both grow and turn a profit at the same time?

With the right kind of financing, I think we can grow by 100 percent per year.

Price is what you pay, but value, as Warren Buffett has observed, is what you get.

I have 20 restaurants. And if one doesn't work, it doesn't work.

I get by mostly on speaking engagements, but as soon as I try to pay myself, I end up having to give it back to the business to cover operating expenses or other unplanned costs.

From a financial perspective, you have to think about what the film will generate in revenue so you can set a budget against it.

Before acquiring a project, take the advice of experienced trade pundits in the industry and analyse the risks and business propositions thoroughly.

The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I didn't have any financial backing or support.

Having never taken a business class, the economics of restaurants scared me. I opened Chipotle with the idea that I could step away from it and use it to support my full-scale restaurant.

I consider myself a businessman, not a celebrity or a music star. When I'm getting involved with something I need to executive produce it or be a part of putting it together as an investor. I want to play both sides. That's more important to me than just being a celebrity.

As chefs, a lot of the times we lose sight of the fact that we are in the food business and that it needs to make money to survive.

I know plenty of entrepreneurs who are numbers first. They tend to be highly analytical people, and before they pull the trigger, all the numbers have to line up just right.

In business, no one pays you to have a really good year and then 10 bad years.

A small business can survive for a while without making a profit, but if its cashflow dries up, the impact is fatal.

My whole business philosophy is based on a risk-reward ratio. But it's got to stack up. If it doesn't, don't do it. You might as well go to a casino.