Alexa Von Tobel Quotes

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

I'm used to doing big undertakings with my own money.

Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted.

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

A billion saved is a billion earned.

If you don’t balance your budget in business, you go out of business.

If you're not clipping coupons before going to the grocery store, you're overspending. If you're ordering in or going out to dinner because you don't feel like cooking, you're overspending. If you're not tracking where your money is going, you're very likely overspending.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month.

Thank goodness I've saved my money.

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

Budgets are not bottomless pits.

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.

In the private sector, you have a budget and you stick to it.

Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.

You want to harbor your resources and try not to make a mistake.