Dylan Taylor Quotes

Everybody starts with creating or acquiring certain property in order to create the material to work with. When we started our business, we thought first of all about development, how to grow, and we managed to do this, even with all the difficulties and all the difficult rules that were implemented in Russia at that time.

I love using a targeted acquisition approach in conjunction with a business that has a clear strategy and strong organic growth.

In my 40-plus years as a venture capitalist, I have come to appreciate the certainty a healthy economy provides for businesses both large and small.

There is a reason companies raise money from investors, which is to invest in growth.

One of my major objectives is to build a long-term enterprise, to build shareholder value over time.

Talk to successful entrepreneurs. Learn about what they've experienced so you can avoid some of the pitfalls that come with wealth.

When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong.

There's a lot of bad information about TV Azteca in the market, but that's always an opportunity for smart and savvy investors.

The most important thing for us is investing and making companies great, and then they have all the options they want, whether that's to go public or stay private.

Business money is limitless.

I think the value of venues like CNBC is that they give investors an opportunity to reevaluate the situation minute by minute, but maybe we don't need to follow the market so closely.

If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people.

As an entrepreneur, in many ways it's like looking into the crystal ball for what my company will hopefully go through as it starts to think about bigger challenges - scaling internationally, getting ready to go public, and all those different things.

The American economy has been built and sustained by risk-taking entrepreneurs whose pioneering ideas and hard work gave birth to flourishing businesses.

The Godrej group is expanding rapidly. However, we are not diversifying much.

I think it's natural for any manager to want to grow his business. The question is at what rate, and in what direction, and in what format?

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

With the world changing fast, we needed capital for investments. There's only so much bandwidth in your own balance sheet.

There is no more rapid growth in the history of capitalistic enterprise.

A plentiful Currency will occasion Interest to be low …. many that understand Business very well, but have not a Stock sufficient of their own, will be encouraged to borrow Money; to trade with, when they can have it at a moderate Interest.

Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses.

I have started many companies now worth more than $100 million. So I know a little about business.

As someone who understands what's needed for entrepreneurs and start-up companies to succeed, I can tell you there is nothing more integral to their success than operating in a stable financial system.

I've been kicking around this business for a long time.

Businesses will ultimately go where the markets and opportunities are.