Amount Quote by Fred Wilson

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

— Keith Rabois

During times of plenty - when venture funding is abundant and startups multiply like rabbits - every business looks like a winner.

— Neil Blumenthal

Startups are constantly raising money, sometimes before they have even hired a lawyer.

— Naval Ravikant

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

— Bhavish Aggarwal

The only thing that we know about financial predictions of start-ups is that 100 percent of them are wrong

— Brad Feld

It turns out that one of the biggest drivers of investors are both successful and non-successful startup founders.

— Michael Seibel

Startups should be - if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero. you're…

— Chamath Palihapitiya

If your startup is only in the development or idea stage, there is almost no better predictor of failure - I mean, utter failure,…

— Steve Jurvetson

“Companies that pivot—that is, switch business models or products—while on the upswing tend to perform much better than those that stay on a single…

— Shane Snow

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

— John Maynard Keynes

“Each year about 600,000 start-ups are launched. Less than 0.5 percent attract VC. Of Inc. magazine's annual list of the 500 fastest growing companies…

— Mahendra Ramsinghani

Hint: money flows into most funds after good performance, and goes out when bad performance follows.

— John C. Bogle