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“Venture capitalists make money by buying shares in companies and subsequently selling those shares for more than the original investment.  It’s a simple game…

— Bill Snow

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

You know what works in venture capital? A group of incredibly smart, connected people who have the financial wherewithal and risk appetite to make…

— Sarah Lacy

Being a venture capitalist to me is like being more of a psychologist. So if you come to my office we have two chairs…

— Keith Rabois

Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a…

— Fred Wilson

There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too…

— Dan Levitan

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

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…

— Kevin Kinsella

Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world.

— Jose Ferreira

If you go to a venture firm, what you're doing is you're buying money from them in exchange for equity. They have a commodity…

— Naval Ravikant

I like most of the venture capitalists I know; they're smart, well-intended guys who genuinely enjoy helping entrepreneurs succeed. And I love venture capital…

— Andrew Yang

You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty candid discussions…

— John T. Chambers