Wayne Messam Quotes

Start a small business, borrow money from your parents if you have to.

How could anyone ever build a company if they didn't have investments? It doesn't make any sense.

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business.

I always knew I wanted to run a business someday.

Most entrepreneurs come up with a product, or they come up with an idea and they think they can be successful with it. But if they don't know the financial side of their business and understand credit and working capital and what it takes money-wise, you can't be successful. The product is just a product.

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

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

I see myself in business. I'm good with numbers. It's just something that interests me.

You will always need more capital than you think, because it will always take you longer to reach profitability than you can imagine.

In my experience, fledgling entrepreneurs focus way too much on the money - you can get most things done and figure out a lot without spending much. That said, most businesses require money to launch and get off the ground.

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.

I've always been an entrepreneur. I start businesses for a living.

I didn't realize how hard it was to run a small business.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.

Money is a very fundamental ingredient in anyone starting up a new business.

1976, I was all of 18, and when I stepped into the world of business, the capital I had in my hand was 20,000 rupees.

I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

There are companies with management and companies with money. You can always find money. Management is the key to success in any business.

An entrepreneur needs to know what they need, period. Then they need to find an investor who can build off whatever their weaknesses are - whether that's through money, strategic partnerships or knowledge.

Every American business, from the biggest companies to small hardware companies, need money to flow through the system not only to create new jobs but to sustain existing jobs.

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.

I'm running a business.

An entrepreneur, whether man or woman, has to be willing to take help, whether financial or technical, to grow his or her business.

The best thing we can do to help small-business owners succeed is cut spending.