Company Value Quotes

I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers.

Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.

Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.

The value of a company is the sum of the problems you solve.

About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a job at another game company, but to go start their own company. The question you always have to answer is, 'How are we making these people more valuable than they would be elsewhere?'

Our philosophy at 8VC is that many of the companies that present the greatest economic opportunities also create the greatest value for society.

Ultimately, growth is essential for increasing a company's value.

Give up control and give it away ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth.

Having spent almost 25 years in different roles within Investor, I have truly enjoyed working with creating long-term value in our companies.

Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid.

A business model describes how your company creates, delivers and captures value.

I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business.

Sometimes it takes longer to create value, but if the companies generate more earnings, the stocks will ultimately reflect that.

Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook's value through its future profits, we need to have a view on its user growth and how this will evolve in the next 10 to 50 years.

One of the things that may get lost among all the hubbub when a company is 'going public' is that the business can now be owned, in part, by its greatest fans.

I've got a distribution system that goes to 170 countries. If I acquire properly, you know, you may be successful in one or two countries, or one place; I can scale, and that's part of the value that IBM brings.

If the value of a company doesn't just scream out at you, it's too close.

Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.

I like to think I'm a good mechanic for the company. 'Oh well, we sprung a leak? Call Ambrose; throw him in there.' I like that because I think it has really upped my value with the company, and I think that they realize nowadays, too, another Dean Ambrose isn't going to walk through the door anytime soon - or ever.

Our focus is not on exit. In fact if you talk to any of my entrepreneurs, I'm generally saying, 'Don't sell the company,' when other investors want to sell. I'd much rather focus on building long-term value in building companies rather than worrying about exits.

When the value of the company clearly has fallen below what its assets are worth, having a shareholder who says, 'Let's get a better board' can be helpful.

There's a company behind every stock and a reason companies - and their stocks - perform the way they do.

If WikiLeaks were a for-profit company, determining its real value would be a nearly impossible task.

If you want to make short-term profits from the stock price, then I am a very bad president. But I don't think I'm so bad for maximizing the long-term value of Nintendo.

I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner's value in future combinations.