Vladimir Potanin Quotes

We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll.

Your own business growth and success depends on many things, and along that growing path, you are going to have to concede certain responsibilities and activities - whether for your accounting, your production, or day-to-day management.

Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.

In the first three years of Mint, from when it was founded to when it was sold, I can honestly say that in a sustainable way, I couldn't have worked any harder on it.

I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.

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

I like the challenge of growing small companies into big global companies.

The most common way to grow a business is by overseeing each and every aspect of the company - the 'ground up' method.

It's much more difficult running a business than buying one.

You can't run a €10 million business the way you run a €1 million business.

It is one thing to seek out new ways to grow your company and new potential streams of income from new services or products, but it is quite another to take on responsibilities that are far from your primary job as Entrepreneur.

New products, new markets, new investors, and new ways of doing things are the lifeblood of growth. And while each innovation carries potential risk, businesses that don't innovate will eventually diminish.

I'm working with a lot of entrepreneurs and people launching new businesses. It's fun. It's what I've always liked to do and loved doing it in my years at NASCAR when we were growing NASCAR, building different lines of business and intellectual properties.

I was honored to start a small business and to borrow an enormous amount of money and to build piece upon piece, place upon place, building upon building and product upon product, throughout the United States and eventually Europe and facilities around the world.

Start step by step. I didn't start being a big company in the beginning. You go to the bank for loans when nobody knows about you.

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

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

There's always something happening in the world that creates an opportunity to try to fix a business and build a business.

I've helped some of my classmates on how to strategize to get to the next level of their businesses. And it's interesting, because here I am sitting there from the entertainment industry and the fashion industry, and I'm giving a billionaire that has a business that's been in his family for 300 years - I'm giving him advice about strategy!

You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people.

Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all.