Investor Knowledge Quotes

We got to know a lot of investors and know what they like and don't like. Through many co-investments opportunities, we have built trust among these investors. So when it came to investing in Xiaomi, things were a lot easier.

Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

The value of the security analyst to the investor depends largely on the investor's own attitude. If the investor asks the analyst the right questions, he is likely to get the right or at least valuable answers.

Having an investor on your board of directors who is naive about public markets or finds them complex or scary is non-optimal.

I can't tell you the number of people who pitched something and have no idea whom they are pitching it to. They don't know the background of the investor.

If the investors themselves are not sophisticated, if they themselves are not putting a lot of their own money to work, if they themselves don't understand the continuum of capital and how different parts of the capital structures react differently, then they're basically worthless. They're not going to give great advice to these entrepreneurs who then need it. So that is unfortunately the cycle we're in and we have to break the cycle.