Goals Quote by Daniel Kahneman

“every single company in a good venture portfolio must have the potential to succeed at vast scale.”

— Peter Thiel

When you have a failed pitch, you meet many more venture capitalists than you really want to.

— Caterina Fake

“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

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

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers.”

— Ryan Lilly

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

“Only one thing can allow a business to transcend the daily brute struggle for survival: monopoly profits.”

— Peter Thiel

A lot of the philosophies of the businesses are just 'we're interested in getting customers now and if we're losing money with each customer…

— Kevin Kinsella

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

“Wanna run a killer business? Design it from the start so that it's leverageable, expandable, predictable & financeable - & you're unstoppable.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

At a basic level venture capitalists are arbitrageurs: they have access to more information than those with the capital, and access to more capital…

— Ben Thompson

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

— John Doerr