Heston Blumenthal Quotes

In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.

Years ago, I tried my hand at business and incurred huge loss, and my only way out was to do a movie with Mammootty.

Being an entrepreneur is all about risk. Being an entrepreneur is like going to Vegas every day and shoving all of your chips into the middle of the table every single day.

I had a couple of investments that didn't go my way. That's why I laugh at guys who say, 'Oh, I'm going to open a clothing line. I'm going to start a restaurant.'

I've gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show.

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

We don't want to give a business that is not going to come through the troubled waters a loan that they can't pay back.

If you were approaching the TARP investments from a pure investment standpoint, then there's no doubt in my mind the taxpayer lost, and probably lost big.

The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments... but also their companies.

The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.

When I finished school, I took my entire life savings - $5,000 - and invested it in a business. I was young. I was inexperienced. But I was an entrepreneur, and I was proud. And in six weeks, I was broke.

The good news is, we're not bankrupt. The bad news is, we're close.

I've actually taken companies public, I've actually busted companies, I've actually gone broke.

We all get into business, and we take a risk in terms of putting capital.

My dad did everything he could. It was a start-up, and the banks didn't want to lend him enough money, so he mortgaged our house.

When you lose control of risk at a financial institution, you do a variety of unfortunate credit extensions or purchases - and all of a sudden, you've blown up your business.

I experienced the year 2000 dot com crash and the 2008 financial crisis, and it almost wiped out the company.

When I came to the U.S., I tried to take shortcuts to make money - but everything crashed.

Small businesses are a risky proposition, and most celebrities want a home run.

Entrepreneurs love to view risk as binary. The more you put on the line, the greater the potential for reward.

I didn't have that when I invented MyPillow. I didn't have a safety net.

Ultimately the clothing company is a large investment on my part, and I'm taking a huge gamble. But having a focus away from the track is good for you.

You have got to be willing to be poor as an entrepreneur.

On one level, going bust didn't bother me. It was the 80s, and there wasn't the stigma about bankruptcy that you might think. My mates weren't bothered. My dad was in business.. he knew that it happened, too. He loaned me the money to bail me out, and I got a loan from the bank to pay him back.

I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt.