--- title: "3 Unicorn Quotes By Kevin Kinsella" description: "3 Unicorn quotes by Kevin Kinsella. Plus more from Kevin Kinsella and more Unicorn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/kevin-kinsella-36072_bigs_how-many-of-the-unicorn-companies-are-re_512330.jpg" --- > [How many of the unicorn companies are really prosaic businesses - like limousine services or renting rooms in your house? The original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/how-many-of-the-unicorn-companies-are-really-prosaic-businesses-like/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/kevin-kinsella-36072_bigs_how-many-of-the-unicorn-companies-are-re_512330.jpg) > [Basically my point of view on unicorns is that private companies which have sky high valuations, it doesn't really mean anything in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/basically-my-point-of-view-on-unicorns-is-that-private-companies/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/kevin-kinsella-36072_cash_basically-my-point-of-view-on-unicorns-i_923692.jpg) > [The stock market has gone up and if you are stock picking, that's fine, you may do a bit better than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/the-stock-market-has-gone-up-and-if-you-are-stock-picking-that-s-fine/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/kevin-kinsella-36072_billions_the-stock-market-has-gone-up-and-if-you_2587271.jpg) ## Other authors on Unicorn - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-s-beagle-75025.jpg) Peter S. 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The original VC firms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/how-many-of-the-unicorn-companies-are-really-prosaic-businesses-like/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [You have to look at the fundamental raison d'être of the business - what is it doing? What's the nature of the business and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/you-have-to-look-at-the-fundamental-raison-d-tre-of-the-business-what/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [Basically my point of view on unicorns is that private companies which have sky high valuations, it doesn't really mean anything in the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/basically-my-point-of-view-on-unicorns-is-that-private-companies/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [Everyone who is inside of an expanding bubble can't imagine another world where the bubble collapses on them. It's unimaginable because they haven't lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/everyone-who-is-inside-of-an-expanding-bubble-can-t-imagine-another/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [We live in a global market and money's fungible and hedge fund private equity is looking for momentum plays, and there ain't no momentum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/we-live-in-a-global-market-and-money-s-fungible-and-hedge-fund/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [I think mobile web enabled services can be great business but A): it doesn't apply to everything, I think the markets will ultimately get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/i-think-mobile-web-enabled-services-can-be-great-business-but-a-it/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [A lot of the philosophies of the businesses are just 'we're interested in getting customers now and if we're losing money with each customer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/a-lot-of-the-philosophies-of-the-businesses-are-just-we-re-interested/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [If you have money draining out of the public equity markets, that inevitably affects the private equity market. They cannot exist going in different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/if-you-have-money-draining-out-of-the-public-equity-markets-that/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [We're in one of the biggest tech bubbles we've ever had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/we-re-in-one-of-the-biggest-tech-bubbles-we-ve-ever-had/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [The stock market has gone up and if you are stock picking, that's fine, you may do a bit better than the market. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/the-stock-market-has-gone-up-and-if-you-are-stock-picking-that-s-fine/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [For venture capital, one of the original principles is people you want to invest in are people who've done it before with someone else's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/for-venture-capital-one-of-the-original-principles-is-people-you-want/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [A good trader loves an active market, you don't make money when the market is static.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/a-good-trader-loves-an-active-market-you-don-t-make-money-when-the/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) > [Venture capital has peaked in terms of its appetite, in terms of how much money it wants to put in. So now private equity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kinsella/venture-capital-has-peaked-in-terms-of-its-appetite-in-terms-of-how/) [Kevin Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kinsella/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/kevin-kinsella/#itemlist", "name": "3 Unicorn Quotes By Kevin Kinsella", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How many of the unicorn companies are really prosaic businesses - like limousine services or renting rooms in your house? The original VC firms from the '70's made their money and established the reputation of their respective brands by leveraging big cleverness with small capital, not small cleverness with big capital, and that's what's going on with these unicorns. That has never worked and it won't work this time. 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