Quotes About Venture

Not many venture firms have people whose job is to read academic research - on startups, ventures, and entrepreneurs - and gather knowledge from that.

Frankly, as an entrepreneur, you can do only one thing and be a part of it, but through investing in different ventures, you can be a part of something new and what others are trying to build.

Venture capitalists, with the exception of people like Don Valentine, would tell you that they'd rather fund a great team than a great idea. The reason is that if they have a bad idea, great teams can figure out a better one. Mediocre people even with a great idea can screw it up in its execution. Or if they have a bad idea, then they aren't going to be in a position to think about how to change it. They're just going to pursue it blindly.

I could go and buy one of the islands in theBahamas and turn it into my personal fiefdom, but I am much more interested in trying to build andcreate a new company.

Always explore new opportunities and ideas, you never know which will work for you

This world is a business venture and only those that mean business reap bountifully from it.

Risk little, earn little. Risk much, earn much. Risk all, earn all.

There's going to be a Google or a Facebook or a Zynga every three to five years. Those are really big ideas that do return substantial amounts of money.

Without getting into specifics, I assure you we are looking at very substantial opportunities for Loon - Google-scale opportunities.

Most entrepreneurs think capital is the biggest problem they have - but it's not. You can have all the capital you want, but if the market fit and ability to adjust are not present, your startup will likely not succeed.

We shall venture into even more speculative reflections on possible neural structures that would be consistent with our calculus.

Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps — we must step up the stairs.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

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

People tend to think that in order to start a new business they have to come up with something new and dazzling, but that's a myth - and it's often propagated by venture capitalists.

A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail.

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

The movie business is a big gamble.

Prosperity may be found in small as in big business.

Business is other people's money.

When we start a new venture, we base it on hard research and analysis. Typically, we review the industry and put ourselves in our customer's shoes to see what we could do better.