Business Metric Quotes & Sayings

One metric catches people. We prefer businesses that drown in cash. An example of a different business is construction equipment. You work hard all year and there is your profit sitting in the yard. We avoid businesses like that. We prefer those that can write us a check at the end of the year. — Charlie Munger

While I accept that large investment rounds will always garner headlines, it's almost as if the magic number of how much cash you've managed to raise has become both a stamp of approval and the main metric for gauging a business's true worth. — Maelle Gavet

It's never a metric, it's where the person is going or not. Metrics are used to make things work better, but don't necessarily make a business better. — Keith Rabois