Venture Capital Quotes
33 quotes by 29 authors
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I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.
— Nolan Bushnell
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Working in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It's important that they are…
— Bernard Arnault
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You know, development sometimes is viewed as a project in which you give people things and nothing much happens, which is perfectly valid, but if…
— Bill Gates
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The innovation industries are rapidly going global. In five years, more than 50% of venture capital returns will come from markets outside the United States,…
— Jim Breyer
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If the business were a play, Act One is: Woohoo, bright and bushy-tailed. We're going to make something great! Act Two is: We're six months…
— Caterina Fake
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The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined.
— Peter Thiel
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I know the difference between venture capital[ism] and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism is a good thing, comes in, gives that gap funding to help these…
— Rick Perry
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There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States.
— Ron Chernow
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I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.
— Ehud Barak
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When you - when you - and this is still going on today - are making your money by pushing paper around, when you should…
— Howard Dean
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I've been a customer of the top venture capital firms, so I know exactly what they do and don't do.
— Marc Andreessen
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My buddy Alex Blumberg learned - he was very public about his learning process, and I know for a fact because we sat next to…
— David Plotz
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Solyndra's failure isn't a reason for the government to give up on alternative energy, any more than the failure of Pets.com during the Internet bubble…
— James Surowiecki
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All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.
— Fred Wilson
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America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a…
— Thomas Friedman
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So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments.…
— Fred Wilson
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Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase.
— Fred Wilson
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Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual, low-income women, think of Acumen Fund more like a venture capital fund.
— Jacqueline Novogratz
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When I started Biocon in 1978, the obstacles I needed to navigate were manifold - ranging from infrastructural hurdles to issues related to my credibility…
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner in…
— Michael Arrington
Who Wrote These Venture Capital Quotes
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