After Quote by Michael Arrington

I remember looking up to most any venture capitalist as someone who could make my little company happen with a single million-dollar check.

— Andrew Yang

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 would have loved to invest in Salesforce when I was active in venture. I didn't know the founder, Marc Benioff, well enough, and…

— Aneel Bhusri

My first company was MicroSolutions. I worked 20 hours a day. I didn't take a vacation for 7 years. I didn't even take the…

— Mark Cuban

In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work…

— Maynard Webb

I built a great company, one of the - some of the most iconic assets in the world, $10 billion of net worth, more…

— Donald Trump

I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible, but in the late '90s, I had no idea that I'd end up…

— Roelof Botha

I wanted to be a venture capitalist and join Sequoia Capital. They've financed and helped built some really special and enormously successful companies, including…

— Alfred Lin

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

— Mitch Kapor

I had to quit a 'real job' to start my first company.

— David Cohen

I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company.

— Richard Donner

I've always found a way to make my way, and now I've had the fortune of being hired by a great company - Chrysler…

— Joe Wurzelbacher