Better Quote by John T. Chambers

Being a venture capitalist to me is like being more of a psychologist. So if you come to my office we have two chairs…

— Keith Rabois

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

You know what works in venture capital? A group of incredibly smart, connected people who have the financial wherewithal and risk appetite to make…

— Sarah Lacy

One thing I'm so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way are many…

— Blake Mycoskie

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

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

There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too…

— Dan Levitan

I've been a customer of the top venture capital firms, so I know exactly what they do and don't do.

— Marc Andreessen

The most important question venture capitalists ask is what prevents your company from growing faster.

— Glenn Kelman

When people start talking about venture capital and finances and how to create this and do that, a lot of it, I swear, it's…

— Tony Hawk

Every venture capitalist says at some point, 'I wish I could run this company myself' -- to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor.

— Alan Patricof

If you go to a venture firm, what you're doing is you're buying money from them in exchange for equity. They have a commodity…

— Naval Ravikant