J. B. Pritzker Quotations

Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.

I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.

Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table.

Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.

In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.

Whatever you build, you're building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie.

Head Start has been a key component of health, nutrition and early learning opportunities since the 1960s.

I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.

When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.

By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.