Mayflower Plymouth Capital Llc Quotes

“In business, efficiency is a prerequisite to profit.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

“Investing requires vision, patience, research, and strategy.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we are excited to invest in the evolution of a lot of different industries from IP to E-commerce to Transportation to Real Estate and more. But in every case, the goal is to add value and make things better. We are an investment company with soul and with purpose.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“When we pair modern tech like Blockchain technology, cryptography and data analytics with the ancient practice of bartering, a lot of business opportunities emerge.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“If your business is serious about becoming the best version of itself, consult with Mayflower-Plymouth. If the company or government you lead has major problems that need major solutions or major opportunities that inspire action, consult with Mayflower-Plymouth. We provide holistic solutions with our consulting services.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“In a permaculture economy, all capital is productive capital and all resources are efficiently utilized.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“A business that doesn’t respect human life, animal life and the ecosystem of our planet earth… that’s a business we don’t want in our portfolio. If the business does more harm than good, facilitates more death than life, and causes more destruction than creation… then we view them as a bad investment.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“In nature, there is no such thing as waste. Every output is upcycled into new inputs of equal or greater value. This creates a cycle of productive utility, continuous growth and continuous expansion.

I like to invest in companies that follow nature’s example.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Businesses want to plug into the Mayflower-Plymouth ecosystem because in this ecosystem, good businesses become better.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Permaculture is an even higher standard than ESG. Whereas ESG is a compartmentalized approach to evaluating businesses, permaculture is a holistic approach to evaluating businesses.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we're into making good businesses better.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Data is a form of capital. And as is the case with all capital - it has to be efficient utilized.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“I expect every business to have a multiplicative value effect.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“What businesses need from a bank is significantly different from what individuals need from a bank.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In a permaculture economy, it's less about competition and more about collaboration, cooperation and coordination.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Good cities are integrated with nature, not separate from nature. A good city works with nature instead of against it. And the greatest cities are nearly indistinguishable from nature.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“At their core, banks sell the utility of resources and the stewardship of resources.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we're in the business of business.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In terms of permaculture design in business, ethics are really important. In this design approach, we design for sustainability and efficiency and growth. And we also design for equity and wellbeing. Everything matters. It's a holistic approach.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Everything we need to know about upcycling, we can learn from fungi.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Investing requires a substantial amount of effort, skill, and wisdom. However, it shouldn’t be laborious. Look at the trees in the forest - are any of them laboring? Are any of the trees in the forest hustling or grinding? No, the trees in the forest are not laboring, hustling or grinding. It’s a natural flow, a progressive accumulation. The trees in the forest are active, yes. But their activity is with calm, temperance, strategy, consistency and faith - not laborious. At Mayflower-Plymouth, we invest like the trees in the forest - with calm, temperance, strategy, consistency, and faith.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“The global economy and all of its markets are constantly changing. In order to survive and thrive as an individual in business these days, you've got to be always updating your mental models. You've got to be always updating the software of your mind and spirit so that you remain capable of seeing the new ways value is being measured and exchanged; and so that you remain capable to plugging in to and profiting from the new ways that value is being exchanged.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Imagine the possibilities.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Healthy economies are diverse economies that host a variety of industries and types of businesses — in the same way that a healthy forest has a variety of plant species.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The best supply chain is one that has no beginning and no end; and decentralized points of access and distribution.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Some of the same things that are important in a family are also important in a company — things like empathy, love, compassion, trust, fun, commitment, collaborative work, and authenticity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Ideas are valuable in business and they should be treated as such.”
― Hendrith Smith

“It's unwise to make plans based on hope. In business, prudence is greater than hope and strategy is greater than wishing. Be ambitious, make your affirmations, and have faith - but also be prudent and practical.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Bond issuers that prioritize ESG standards may improve their access to financing while lowering their cost of capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Capital must be consistently preserved, accumulated and compounded - that's the expectation.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing