Any Quote by Jim McKelvey Download Open image “St. Louis is a customer- and partner-rich environment for any financial tech startup.” — Jim McKelvey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Any Customer Entrepreneurship Environment Financial Louis Tech Technology
Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
When we're looking at strategic partners, it may be that they're larger partners or big corporations or start-ups. But, when you look at Gilt… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
One of the most important aspects that feed a thriving economy is successful businesses, so the more startups that take off, the better the… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
Money is a very fundamental ingredient in anyone starting up a new business. — Lloyd Dorfman Copy Share Image
There is no progress without risk, and in an environment where change is accelerating, risks are multiplying and businesses are increasingly complex, companies need… — Mike McGavick Copy Share Image
When you're a startup, your edge is that you don't have that many customers. So you can build a really strong relationship with them. — Justin Kan Copy Share Image
Since the start, we've conceived French tech as a network of versatile local ecosystems spread all around the country, rather than a Paris-only business.… — Axelle Lemaire Copy Share Image
Blackstone is not really a business per se. It's a mission to be the best. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
We were hoping to build a small profitable company; and of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We look for companies that are unlike anything we've ever seen before, with a bold vision to change the world and run by passionate… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
In December 1989, my mother died very suddenly, and that sparked a re-evaluation of what I was doing, and I realized I was mediocre… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services. — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly good at running things when once they get to a certain level. Once it gets routine, get me out of the… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't want to do a lot of angel deals in a year. I get approached a lot. I'm becoming less and less… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
I am absolutely confident that St. Louis can attract major players in technology and make the companies that are here blossom. — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
We tend to believe that things are impossible that are very possible. — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
I don't run any of my companies. I always partner with somebody who wants to operate. — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
If you can't be persuasive to get people to believe your crazy idea, you can just go ahead and build it. — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
This entrepreneurial energy that we have in the Midwest doesn't have to go out to the coasts to get fed and watered. — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
When my son was born, I decided I wasn't really into working 12 hours a day. That slowed me down a little bit. — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
It's hard to shape glass. It took me years of practice, and as a result, I've never gotten bored with it. It's difficult. Every… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program. — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The system in Germany is different, as you sign up with a company for two or three years, and you work exclusively with them;… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
