Jay Samit Quotes

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.

I've made a payroll. I know what it's like to execute a business plan. I know what it's like to expect the proper return on investment... and I know you can't spend your way out of debt.

Investors like to invest based on traction, so it's always better to raise money when you've got more traction than less.

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

Money is a very fundamental ingredient in anyone starting up a new business.

I'm primarily just an investor.

All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and maintain profitable enterprises, have a strong incentive to keep costs, including labor, as low as possible.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

I'm not saying M.B.A.s can't be great entrepreneurs. They can. But you don't need a degree to figure out it's costing you $5,000 per month to run your business, so you need $30,000 to keep it going for six more months.

Venture capital is a dynamic and people-driven business.

From a financial perspective, you have to think about what the film will generate in revenue so you can set a budget against it.

The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I didn't have any financial backing or support.

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a business. You want everyone to make money.

I'm sensitive to the resources needed by a small business to get started and keep going.

I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.

It all comes down to money.

Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.

When we manage a restaurant, we start making money from the first day. When we own a place, it's often five years before we earn the first penny that is clean of debt.

When I got a deposit on my very first cake, I took that deposit and I bought some cake mix with it. I've never taken a loan - ever. And we're doing this expansion just like everything we've done in this bakery as we've grown. If we weren't able to afford paying for something cash, we didn't buy it.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.

I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.

We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.