Business Quote by Steven Rattner

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

Dying venture firms are like the walking dead. They can have years of staggering around with stakes in still active portfolio companies, hoping they're…

— Sarah Lacy

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

The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund…

— Peter Thiel

I'm hard-pressed to think of companies that don't need venture capital that are going after big opportunities. I think, in almost all cases, if…

— Aneel Bhusri

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

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

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

When you have a failed pitch, you meet many more venture capitalists than you really want to.

— Caterina Fake

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

— Neil Blumenthal

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

Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a…

— Fred Wilson