Deborah Meaden Quotes

Great investments may look crazy but really may not be.

Trust me: I know a good investment when I see one.

Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

The best investments are the easiest ones to approve.

The ideal time period to get an investment is when you've already proved your concept and know what you're doing, and it's about adding water to the seeds.

We take dispassionate view of our investments. Does it mean that we are looking out to monetise the investment? That is not correct. But if we get an offer that we cannot refuse, as I say, then it is not that we are not, that we will still hold on to the investment.

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.

Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?

If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.

Your initial instincts about investments and people are usually correct. We do a lot of due diligence in this business and most of the time it comes out where we started.

It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.

People want to make sure there is flexibility to reallocate assets. They are trusting us to make the asset allocation decisions.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity.

I've learned that all investments have risk.

One can't be a successful investor without a healthy dose of confidence. To commit your own and others' hard-earned capital requires conviction, and conviction requires confidence. But as with fine brandy or coffee ice cream, too much of a good thing can be problematic.

When making an investment, the people are more important than the product.

We believe the size is almost irrelevant to investment success. Our size has certainly not diminished our enthusiasm for investing in our funds, our ability to find or create opportunities, or our performance outlook.

In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.

Loving something doesn't make it a good investment.

When you see a 'Shark fight' erupt, we aggressively want to understand what we are committing our money toward.

I don't think you should put all your money in one place. It must be invested in different investments.