American - Businessman | 1958 - 1
I thought of calorie-counting as a budget: I was happy to skip bread at dinner so I could 'spend' on a glass of wine.
Heidi Roizen
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You can't write about a personal struggle if you're going to water it down to meet everyone's expectations about what's appropriate.
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I like to make good things happen for other people. It makes me happy, and I believe it's good for my business as well.
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Do deals with the people you want to work with, and the success will follow.
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I'm the classic old-school entrepreneur that says let's build companies of lasting value.
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Isn't it interesting that markets are not just perfect? In business school and economic theory, you learn all about those perfect markets, and there's no such thing as a perfect market.
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My dog wants the entrepreneurial community to know how thankful she is for the fact that she gets to go out. She has heard more pitches than probably much of the world.
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You know what somebody else's fundraise metrics are to you? Irrelevant. You know what your own last round post was? Irrelevant. Yes, I know, not legally, because of those pesky rights and preferences. But emotionally, trust me: it is irrelevant now. We even have a name for this - valuation nostalgia.
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You know what kind of companies generally survive? Companies that make more money than they spend. I know, duh, right?
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I can't tell you how many board meetings I've been in where the CEO is anguished over the impacts on morale that cost cutting or layoffs will bring about. You know what hurts morale even more than cost-cutting and layoffs? Going out of business.
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I know a few CEOs who delegate the understanding of their financials and their business metrics to the CFO, and then stop worrying about all that 'numbers stuff.' Don't do that. You have to know your numbers inside and out - they are your life blood.
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