Build Quote by David Talbot

Having a company that's successful is a wonderful platform to do new things. You don't have to raise money for it; you can take…

— Kevin Systrom

The faster we grew, the more stores we had open, the more money we made. Employees move quickly up the ranks of a company…

— Wayne Huizenga

We raised $10 million in 2011. Our rule was, we wouldn't accept money from anybody we didn't want to have dinner with.

— Bre Pettis

Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually…

— David Talbot

A lot of people can raise money.

— Andrew Mason

There is a reason companies raise money from investors, which is to invest in growth.

— Bhavish Aggarwal

I ran a profitable boostrapped company for five years, then raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz.

— Alan Schaaf

We're a company that's gone through many cycles and evolutions, and every time we have a major success, we double down and use the…

— Tim Sweeney

I always wanted to start a public company and make a lot of money.

— Martin Shkreli

I think unfortunately in this gold rush mentality that we've been in for the last years there has been not enough focus on business…

— Chamath Palihapitiya

With a private company, you've got to get into who's investing and what's the balance sheet like. So going public is a positive thing…

— David Duffield

It's a special thing to be a public company.

— David Duffield