Husnu Ozyegin Quotes

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.

I already have enough apparel businesses that are either doing well or not really doing anything at all, and I'm looking to broaden my portfolio.

Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.

The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity.

Mitt Romney understands free enterprise, he has worked in it. He has seen companies succeed and he has seen them fail, too. He knows what people think about when they invest their money.

When you're starting your own business it's really important to think through your plan: what's the idea, why is it relevant to the market, how much money you are going to invest, how are you going to tell people about it.

Strategy is, above all else, the search for above average returns.

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

I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that.

For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'

Small businesses, you can give them capital, but what they often need as much is mentoring, advice and help with their business plan.

When I first got into business, I made a lot of bad decisions.

Investors should invest on what they know. The biggest mistake is to invest on what they don't know.

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

There's a final exam in venture every four to six years. The scary thing is you need to get an 'A' in every discipline. You need to be on generational planning, need to be on great deal flow, need be on great outcomes, you need to be on great company building.

I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.

At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

Having the opportunity to follow the market frequently gives you the opportunity to see if you need to reevaluate your portfolio. But reevaluating your portfolio shouldn't trigger a sell signal so frequently.

I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making - just the facts.

I think the mistake people make most often when they invest in other kinds of startups is they say, 'This is totally different.' And so the things that matter, like making a product that people desperately want, like talking to customers, they throw this out the window. That is a recipe for heartache and tears.

As a professional, you can afford to pick some stocks and be wrong about a few of them. To keep your job, you cannot take the risk of being seen to be wrong about the 'big picture' for very long.

I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

I've been good at product entrepreneuring.