Бизнес требует времени.

A helpful approximation is:

BIZ-nes TRE-boo-yet VRE-me-ni

More exactly:

• Бизнес = BIZ-nes
• требует = TRYE-boo-yet or TRE-boo-yet depending on how detailed you want to be
• времени = VRYE-me-ni

Stress:

• би́знес
• тре́бует
• вре́мени

A more natural connected pronunciation is something like:

BIZ-nes TRE-buyet VRYE-meni

Требует is the 3rd person singular form of the verb требовать.

So:

• требовать = to require, to demand
• требует = requires / demands

In this sentence, it means requires:

• Бизнес требует времени = Business requires time

In more natural English, you might also translate it as:

• Business takes time

Because the verb требовать commonly takes the genitive case for the thing being required.

So:

• dictionary form: время = time
• genitive singular: времени

That is why the sentence says:

• требует времени not
• требует время

For an English speaker, the easiest way to think about this is:

• требовать
  • genitive
• so you memorize the pattern требовать чего? = to require what?

Examples:

• требовать времени = to require time
• требовать денег = to require money
• требовать внимания = to require attention

Here времени is genitive singular of время.

The noun время is a neuter noun, but it is also a bit irregular, so its forms are worth learning separately.

Some key forms:

• nominative: время
• genitive: времени
• dative: времени
• accusative: время
• instrumental: временем
• prepositional: времени

So in this sentence:

• Бизнес требует времени
• времени = genitive singular

Yes.

Бизнес is the subject, and требует agrees with it.

Breakdown:

• Бизнес = subject
• требует = verb, he/she/it requires
• времени = object in the genitive case

Since бизнес is singular, the verb is also singular:

• бизнес требует

Бизнес is masculine.

You can tell because:

• it ends in a consonant
• most Russian nouns ending in a consonant are masculine

Examples:

• новый бизнес = new business
• малый бизнес = small business

Even though the English word business does not have grammatical gender, Russian nouns always do.

Russian does not have articles like a or the.

So Бизнес требует времени can mean:

• Business requires time
• A business requires time
• The business requires time

Which one is intended depends on context.

In a general statement, it usually means:

• Business requires time or
• Running a business takes time

By itself, it most naturally sounds like a general statement:

• Business requires time
• Doing business takes time

If you want to make it clearly about a specific business, Russian often adds more context, for example:

• Этот бизнес требует времени = This business requires time
• Наш бизнес требует времени = Our business requires time

Without extra context, the sentence is broad and general.

Usually, yes.

Требовать often sounds a bit stronger and more formal than plain need in English. It suggests that something is genuinely necessary.

So:

• Бизнес требует времени = Business requires time
• natural English translation: Business takes time

Russian could also use other ways to express a similar idea, but требует is perfectly normal here and sounds solid and idiomatic.

Yes. Russian word order is flexible, although the most neutral version here is:

• Бизнес требует времени

Other orders are possible, for example:

• Времени требует бизнес

That version puts more emphasis on time.

For a learner, the best default is:

• use subject + verb + object
• so: Бизнес требует времени

Yes, it is natural and correct.

It sounds like a concise general statement, something you might say in advice, business discussion, or motivational language.

Similar natural Russian sentences:

• Учёба требует времени. = Studying requires time.
• Успех требует терпения. = Success requires patience.
• Работа требует сил. = Work requires energy.

So Бизнес требует времени fits a very common Russian pattern:

• X требует Y
• X requires Y

The dictionary forms are:

• бизнес = business
• требовать = to require / to demand
• время = time

In the sentence, only the verb and the last noun are inflected:

• требовать → требует
• время → времени

Yes — that is a very good idea.

In Russian, it is often best to learn a verb together with the case it governs.

For this verb, learn:

• требовать чего? = to require what?
  • genitive

Examples:

• требовать времени = to require time
• требовать помощи = to require help
• требовать поддержки = to require support

This will help you produce correct Russian much faster than learning the verb alone.