Expect Quote by Andy Jassy

I remember looking up to most any venture capitalist as someone who could make my little company happen with a single million-dollar check.

— Andrew Yang

The government is somewhat inept, but the private sector is inept in general. How many companies do venture capitalists invest in that go poorly?…

— Bill Gates

“Building a business doesn't mean getting venture capital funding. It means finding customers and making money.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

The great danger of dealing with venture capitalists is the 'slow maybe'.

— John Doerr

No one ever got rich checking their email more often.

— Noah Kagan

There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage.

— Douglas Leone

First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in…

— Anonymous

Every venture capitalist says at some point, 'I wish I could run this company myself' -- to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor.

— Alan Patricof

The individual dynamics going on within a venture fund are critically important to you. Unfortunately, they're also very opaque.

— Heidi Roizen

The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can…

— Fred Wilson

So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid…

— Fred Wilson

Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they think can…

— Jose Ferreira