16 Quotes by Carmen Busquets

For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'

My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like Harry Potter without the magic. Sometimes we went into town, and if we were caught chewing gum in our uniform, members of the public would take down our names and report us to the school.

So I'm half deaf - and dyslexic. How about that? Nobody's perfect, and I'm proud of my defects.

My mother was a sociologist and an intellectual, and my father was an industrialist with a business in copper and aluminum wire. He was very strict and he wanted me to work in the family business - for him, the worst thing was having a daughter who worked in fashion.

People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.

I rarely have time for lunch, so tend to have a big breakfast and big dinner.

When I was young I would spend more money than I should with my credit card but my father cut it off, so I had to find creative ways of making money.

Why give a million dollars to someone if they have not proved that they can make a million dollars?

Investors are impatient and they are also desperate for the 'next big thing,' and they are not paying attention to the fact that the 'next big thing' can be an economic crisis that they have created by being very irresponsible with their power.