Quotes About Venture

Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door.

I'm an investor in a lot of things that have to do with human-computer interaction.

It is very hip to be an angel investor now. There used to be a dozen, two dozen guys at these demo days writing checks. Now there are hundreds.

I myself am a private equity investor.

Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.

Do you know why I dislike men like you, Venture?" Yomen finally asked. "My insufferable charm and wit?" Elend asked. "I doubt it's my good looks - but, compared to that of an obligator, I suppose even my face could be enviable.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

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 a job that involved a lot of negotiation, a lot of yelling at people on the phone, and for it to be high-risk, high-reward.

Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.

If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes.

Silicon Valley has been a technology capital like New York is a financial capital.

New York is the new Silicon Valley.

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

With risk, sometimes you have tremendous success, sometimes not so much.

To uncover new knowledge, and to find the truth, one must dare venture into the unknown.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

No successful business was ever made without someone taking a chance, no successful person got to where they are without taking risks, and no endeavor ever succeeded without people taking a gamble.

To be truly successful, you must be willing to assume risk.

Well, even if we lose our money, we'll have a company. For once in our lives, we'll have a company.

I wish I had invested in the series A of Snapchat and Uber.

ICG wasn't an index fund so much as a collection of venture-capital investments focused on so-called business-to-business Internet companies.

I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.

I'd love to do something dark, something that has nothing to do with music or comedy. Anything, but I'm still learning what I can do.

I'd love to try my hand at something else.