If I had taken money from, say, venture capital, they would have wanted a certain return in a certain time period. McDonald's,… — Steve Ells Copy Share Image
The record business is an oxymoron. In the 1960s, there was an upside to selling plastic discs so labels took the risk… — Tom Silverman Copy Share Image
“Building a business doesn't mean getting venture capital funding. It means finding customers and making money.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
I think the development of the venture capital system has been an example of something which is a successful improvement in risk-bearing.… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
From NASA putting a man on the moon to DARPA developing what later became the Internet, the U.S. government, through a host… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
“Silicon Valley is the zoo where the chaos monkeys are kept, and their numbers only grow in time. With the explosion of… — Antonio Garcia Martinez Copy Share Image
As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer… — Dan Levitan Copy Share Image
The innovation industries are rapidly going global. In five years, more than 50% of venture capital returns will come from markets outside… — Jim Breyer Copy Share Image
I meet young people all the time who say something like, 'I want to work in venture capital.' And I can see… — Andrew Yang Copy Share Image
Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
I succeeded at venture capital because, for years, I rarely thought about or spent time on anything else. Anything less than that… — Chris Sacca Copy Share Image
“So in 2013, Patagonia launched a venture capital fund to invest in environmentally and socially responsible for-profit start-ups. We wanted to apply… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
One thing I'm so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
When I first started as an angel investor, I was excited to start investing in startups - but I didn't know much.… — Gil Penchina Copy Share Image
The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process. — Mariana Mazzucato Copy Share Image
Techstars has done a great job accelerating and providing venture capital to the most promising companies to make the biggest long-term economic… — David Cohen Copy Share Image
Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement… — Sanjay Kumar Copy Share Image
Startups run by women still receive venture capital funding at a much lower rate than companies run by men, and there are… — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
“A good portfolio manager knows which companies to keep and which ones to let go. Many a GP has struggled with portfolio… — Mahendra Ramsinghani Copy Share Image
In the face of uncertainty, many companies will default to asking their innovators to study and analyze, which can't actually ever provide… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
I think I would have kept in contact with venture capital investors and entrepreneurs. I'm sure staying involved as something like a… — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image
“On March 31, 2016, Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White said this to the students of Stanford Law School: Nearly… — Brian de Haaff Copy Share Image
