Harry Triguboff Quotes

The key to making money is to stay invested.

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

I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.

If you ask me, over time, I am a believer in the Indian financial saving story getting stronger; a lot more savers are moving money away from gold and real estate into banks, mutual funds, insurance and equities.

Every time there's a dip in the market, we buy. If you don't buy the land right, it ain't going to work.

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

The Jews had, as a matter of fact, long been all along the most ingenious entrepreneurs. It was only our own future that we had never built upon a business basis.

Today, I think a CFO needs to be more of an operating CFO: someone who's using the financial data and the data of the company to help drive strategy, the allocation of capital, and the management of risks.

A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.

The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have - by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

Succeeding in business is not just about making money.

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

And one of the things we did here was we put the maximum amount of money up front in those cities that were at the greater risk, but that doesn't mean that we keep rebuilding the same security over and over again.

If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.

I'm making a case against how money managers are handling customers' money. The objective of the customer is not being met if the fund managers are diversifying their assets into hundreds of businesses. If they do this, they are typically performing close to the indexes. But that's not the way wealth is created.

The secret I've lived by ever since I started earning money is this: Always buy a house with an extra bedroom adjoining the master. And that's always my closet.

Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.

I'm so bored by business and money.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

In real estate, you make 10% of your money because you're a genius and 90% because you catch a great wave.

I think money is a wonderful thing because it enables you to do things. It enables you to invest in ideas that don't have a short-term payback.

Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.

I don't think anybody ever makes any money buying and selling stock. They have to make money by keeping the stock.

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.