Albums Quote by Rick Perry

There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is…

— Rick Perry

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 make money by buying shares in companies and subsequently selling those shares for more than the original investment.  It’s a simple game…

— Bill Snow

Venture capital is debt. People don't understand that.

— Heidi Roizen

So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid…

— Fred Wilson

“Indeed, a truly predatory type of investor - sometimes referred to as a vulture capitalist - looks to use the chasm period of struggle…

— Geoffrey A. Moore

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

— Mitch Kapor

Harvard and Yale concentrated with venture capitalists that got the best calls and brainpower. Very few firms made most of the money, and they…

— Charlie Munger

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

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

— Josh Kopelman

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

Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world.

— Jose Ferreira