Capitalism Quote by Vinod Khosla Download Open image “The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty.” — Vinod Khosla ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Capitalism Dirty Firsts Hands Hands on experience Venture
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 Copy Share Image
I think one of the key differentiators I bring to the table as a venture capitalist is a solid understanding of the public markets… — Bill Gurley Copy Share Image
I don't think a lot of people have been entrepreneurial about venture capital. — Josh Kopelman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We need to divorce ourselves from venture capital as an occupation and focus on using capital as a way to take really big bets… — Chamath Palihapitiya Copy Share Image
“Building a business doesn't mean getting venture capital funding. It means finding customers and making money.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To not run a venture into the ground, entrepreneurs need to learn what it takes to succeed. — Clay Clark Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In my 40-plus years as a venture capitalist, I have come to appreciate the certainty a healthy economy provides for businesses both large and… — Alan Patricof Copy Share Image
One of the fun things about venture capital is you are constantly learning new ideas and strategies from one business and then applying them… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take,… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my company be… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can.… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
New industries are created by entrepreneurs who don't necessarily have subject matter expertise when they get started, yet they are still responsible for most… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I don’t mind failing, but if I succeed it better be worth succeeding for. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I can advise entrepreneurs to avoid mistakes. But you can never be sure if you're trying something new and unreasonable. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Corporations have nothing to do with values, and they know it, and sometimes say it. — Eric Kierans Copy Share Image
Both fact and logic seem to me to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an… — F. A. Harper Copy Share Image
The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism. — Anatoly Chubais Copy Share Image
It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image