Charles Dallara Quotes

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

Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

The more people's money you take to do something, the more inputs you get.

They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production.

Financing is tough, and you really have to work hard in the businesses you invest in.

If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.

You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.

Prove to yourself that your business, in micro-scale at least, creates value. If you believe it, you'll find it that much easier to convince potential investors, partners and employees, too.

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

If companies are able to raise equity from the market, then their problems for financing incomplete projects will come to end. Investment cycle in the capital market can kick-start with the money of savers and investors.

In the U.K., there's absolutely no money for television. So you can do pretty much whatever you want. They're not losing money on any of the shows, so they'll give you a lot of creative freedom. In the United States, there are millions and millions of dollars at stake, so they need a sure formula.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

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 almost never invest in ideas or plans, so you'll need to have a company and at least a product, if not customers.

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

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 do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money.

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

I took a risk and invested in SM Mall of Asia because I wanted to create something that could contribute to Philippine tourism growth.

The first thing you need in order to make a business viable is to preserve a cash flow. I made sure I didn't have any financial backing or support.

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

I am choosing films only to entertain people, but at the same time, if someone is putting their money into my films, I want that person to make money.

The only thing we lack for even faster growth is more capital.

There simply isn't a way to do the show without investing in a bunch more companies.

I think funding risky projects is very important.