Apprenticeship Quote by Fred Wilson

I'd been a great angel investor, but professional venture capital was clearly not the right thing for me.

— Mitch Kapor

For venture capital, one of the original principles is people you want to invest in are people who've done it before with someone else's…

— Kevin Kinsella

There I was - 20 years old, living in Ireland, and I'd never heard the word 'venture capitalist.' But I'd said that I wanted…

— Chris Sacca

I was 40-something years old. I hadn't shown any entrepreneurial spunk up until that point.

— Alex Blumberg

When I sold my first company at 30, I could have done whatever I wanted to do.

— Shai Agassi

I don't think a lot of people have been entrepreneurial about venture capital.

— Josh Kopelman

I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a…

— Douglas Leone

I figured maybe I had some talent as an investor… since it seemed like I was only a half-assed entrepreneur.

— Dave McClure

Nominally, I stated a company. Practically, it's a venture capital firm that allows me to be an investor in early stage companies.

— Sam Hinkie

I've been a business person for 30 years. I started my own companies; I've invested in others.

— Brian Kemp

At Venture for ,we've worked with hundreds of aspiring young entrepreneurs who want to build businesses and change things for the better.

— Andrew Yang

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

— Ziad K. Abdelnour