Background Quote by Bruce Rauner

I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible, but in the late '90s, I had no idea that I'd end up…

— Roelof Botha

One of the fun things about venture capital is you are constantly learning new ideas and strategies from one business and then applying them…

— Joe Lonsdale

So much of venture capital is pattern recognition.

— Emily Weiss

We need to divorce ourselves from venture capital as an occupation and focus on using capital as a way to take really big bets…

— Chamath Palihapitiya

Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.

— Marc Andreesen

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

— Douglas Leone

I've been a customer of the top venture capital firms, so I know exactly what they do and don't do.

— Marc Andreessen

Techstars has done a great job accelerating and providing venture capital to the most promising companies to make the biggest long-term economic impact.

— David Cohen

Whatever the potential pitfalls, banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital, particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health care and…

— Alex Berenson

Venture capital is about .02% of the U.S. economy invested, and it accounts for 11% of total U.S. jobs and 21% of U.S. economic…

— Juan Enriquez

Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways.

— Niklas Zennstrom

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the…

— Sanjay Kumar