Investor Satisfaction Quotes

An intelligent investor gets satisfaction from the thought that his operations are exactly opposite to those of the crowd.

Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much...) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers.

You have to have in mind what you want when you go public. It's not just an end in and of itself. Suddenly, you have investors to satisfy. Investors who want - who demand - a return.

I am obsessed with delivering value to investors and winning the game from a personal standpoint.

Understand that VCs are simply a sophisticated form of financial investors who, in turn, need to satisfy their own investors.

We make too much out of past performance, and it's very misleading to investors. It causes them to move money around. They buy a fund that's hot and then it turns cold as all hot funds eventually do. And then they get out. Well, buying at the high and selling at the low isn't going to leave you a satisfied shareholder, right?

If you underperform for your owners, eventually they pick up their bat and ball and go home.

As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately.