Alan Patricof

As someone who understands what's needed for entrepreneurs and start-up companies to succeed, I can tell you there is nothing more integral…

— Alan Patricof

As a venture capitalist, I invest in people and ideas that are fresh, vibrant, and willing to disrupt the market. As a…

— Alan Patricof

The advent of interactive communications has created an inflection point where it's economical to provide education differently than in the past.

— Alan Patricof

In times of huge fiscal deficits, no new revenues can be ignored, and renouncing any becomes well nigh politically impossible.

— Alan Patricof

All American consumers have the same needs - to buy great consumer products, with savings and value, and with the convenience of…

— Alan Patricof

Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party…

— Alan Patricof

We've done education nonprofit through our history, and maybe the profit motive will be helpful.

— Alan Patricof

I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down…

— Alan Patricof

Cloud computing eliminates capital expenditure, so you can go global very quickly - you don't have to have extensive servers in every…

— Alan Patricof

I was very early on in taking venture capital abroad: to Europe first, then Asia.

— Alan Patricof

The secret now is to be disciplined. It's so easy to get carried away with things valued on the hereafter.

— Alan Patricof

It's actually a pretty basic concept: when businesses feel secure and confident, they are more likely to grow, hire, and invest. Conversely,…

— Alan Patricof

Google is addictive.

— Alan Patricof

My philosophy, in a nutshell, is to wipe out the greatest amount of risk with the least amount of money.

— Alan Patricof

I didn't understand the culture and what Starbucks was really about. It wasn't a coffee shop. It was really a way of…

— Alan Patricof

I love art, I collect mostly modern art.

— Alan Patricof

Our national debt poses a threat to all Americans and is particularly troublesome both for well-established businesses and for those seeking to…

— Alan Patricof

Your initial instincts about investments and people are usually correct. We do a lot of due diligence in this business and most…

— Alan Patricof

In my 40-plus years as a venture capitalist, I have come to appreciate the certainty a healthy economy provides for businesses both…

— Alan Patricof

The only thing... in-store retailing has that online doesn't have is it has the ability to touch, smell, feel, and experience.

— Alan Patricof

It's tough, no matter how good your technology is, to police every single comment coming up.

— Alan Patricof

I think CSR, corporate social responsibility, is something that is becoming front and center.

— Alan Patricof

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

— Alan Patricof

The Enterprise Value Tax is unprecedented, punitive, and has no justification in the tax code.

— Alan Patricof

It's hard to make small investments when you're a billion-dollar fund.

— Alan Patricof