Chanda Kochhar Quotes

Buy cheap and sell dear.

There is no free lunch, so if you're playing with the big train set - on big movies - it's a lot of money they're entrusting you with, and you have to get that money back for them. I don't take that responsibility lightly.

I do not use short selling. The fund has not shorted a stock since the 2002 to 2003 time frame. At that time I did short three stocks, on which I broke even on two and made money on one of them. The experience taught me that I was not going to be using short selling going forward for a slew of reasons.

Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

I'm not saying M.B.A.s can't be great entrepreneurs. They can. But you don't need a degree to figure out it's costing you $5,000 per month to run your business, so you need $30,000 to keep it going for six more months.

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

Speculation, in its broadest sense, is not an evil in itself, but the contrary, and relieves public distress far oftener than it creates it.

The swamp is a business model. It's a successful business model.

Some entrepreneurs talk of a high burn rate, high advertising rate, and so on, with no outcome, so it doesn't impress me. But an entrepreneur who has that kind of a feeling of responsibility towards his investors is somebody who will have all my support.

I've always said manage in good times so that you're ready for the bad times.

We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don't eat. And I like to eat.

If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy that, that's fine. If they regret, they can sell us.

Profit or loss is not guaranteed. That depends on the consumer and depends on the product. That's a risk that business people take.

We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil.

I don't invest in ideas because ideas are a dime a dozen. I could steal the idea pretty quickly.

One capability every business is expected to have is the capability to make money. It requires a certain kind of discipline, a certain kind of mindset.

Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.

A lot of people want to start a business, and they're like, 'I wanna start a business, give me some money to invest.' Where is your business plan? Are you investing money yourself into your own business? How is this going to work? People think that they can just come to you with an idea and have money.

With the right kind of financing, I think we can grow by 100 percent per year.

I have 20 restaurants. And if one doesn't work, it doesn't work.

Successful investing is all about common sense.

I'm not looking to double my money with one golden opportunity.

Before acquiring a project, take the advice of experienced trade pundits in the industry and analyse the risks and business propositions thoroughly.