Roustam Tariko Quotes

I have always wondered why more women did not look into owning their own funds. Granted, it is a high stress, high risk business, but it also offers high rewards and control.

What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow.

There really is no shortcut just because you have a name, or you have some kind of access or some way you can solve all the problems. And I think one of the things I learned with FUBU, you have to understand that there's really only two ways of operating a business: more sales, or lower overhead.

I'm an inventor. I don't enjoy running the business.

Thanks for the information about what we call business.

Business requires understanding financial matters, but management is different from running the financial aspects of the business - it requires understanding complex systems, how they operate, the nature of organisations, what happens when people interact in groups and how to motivate and guide people.

Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from these rules, in consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.

As much as you need to know your operations, if you don't understand the finance side and how to do the business, you're never going to be successful. So you might be the best operator or visionary, but if you don't understand the finance side... I'm successful because I know the finance side, but I also know operations; it's not an accident.

I'm not proud of this at all, but I'm someone who has relied on business managers and accountants and career managers to run the whole bureaucratic side of my life for the last 16 years, so anything, from filing tax returns to paying credit card statements, is something that I feel rather fortunate to have been out of the loop on.

We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.

All you can worry about as CEO is making sure your company continues to build great products, deliver the revenue, and keep your customers happy.

I studied finance and was a topper.

Capital never builds great products.

I just came from school one day and told my mom I want to start my finance company.

I wouldn't finance a fad if I were a banker.

My parents manage my money, though growing up I was very hands on with investments and made all the decisions, even on behalf of my parents.

Cash flow is a problem for a small and developing company, and the lack of it is the reason why many small businesses fail. Ensure that you have enough money in your bank account to make you able to carry out daily basic needs for your business.

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

I really love being finance director.

We are not only one of the largest investment firms but also one of the best performing.

Having my own label, I have to look at things in a realistic, bottom-line manner.

Everyone has a salary. Everyone has hopes and dreams for where they can invest their money. Everyone wants to do the best they can with it, and they don't want to be subjected to any sort of predatory lending.

The quality and quantum of potential investors in Africa is huge.

If you can make finance more functional, make it a tiny percent better, you create a great deal of resources, which you can use for other things like education and healthcare.

I am the CEO of HCL Corporation, and, of course, a large part of my time does get spent in HCL Corporation, whether it is in actively managing our investments or perhaps even the governance and accountability and really seeing the strategic direction forward for HCL Corporation.