Quotes with venture

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  • Auberon Herbert I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time.
    Auberon Herbert
    British writer, theorist, philosopher
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  • Bill Maris If I were to leave and raise a venture fund, I would have to find 10 or 100 LPs. They would all give me a bunch of money, and I would take a percentage of that to pay myself. They would expect me to invest that over the next three years, and they want that money back in seven or eight years.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Charles Caleb Colton It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Richard M. DeVos It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
    Richard M. DeVos
    American businessman, co-founder of Amway Corp. (1926 - 2018)
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  • Brad Feld Kauffman Fellows is not necessarily for people just entering the venture industry but for experienced VCs looking to accelerate their growth. The program is centered around established innovation leaders - if you are looking to grow and become a better investor, you should think about doing this program.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Blake Mycoskie Most people yearn to contribute, make the world a better place and have success.... all at the same time... Make sure to give your business a background, a mission and a story. That might be the most important step part of any venture. And remember, giving may be the best investment you ever make.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Bill Maris Not many venture firms have people whose job is to read academic research - on startups, ventures, and entrepreneurs - and gather knowledge from that.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Alfred Noyes Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John.
    Alfred Noyes
    English poet, short-story writer and playwright (1880 - 1958)
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  • Ben Horowitz Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and I am a venture capitalist. I think no matter how great a nurse she is, she wouldn't earn a one-thousandth of what I can make, if that.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Plautus The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Bill Bryson Three things alone are certain when you venture into a loft: that you will crack your head on a beam at least twice, that you will get cobwebs draped over your face, and that you will not find what you went looking for.
    Im a Stranger Here Myself (US) / Notes From a Big Country (UK) (1998)
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Adam Osborne Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.
    Adam Osborne
    British-American author and publisher (1939 - 2003)
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  • Bill Maris Venture funds get beaten up for not investing in important things. Okay, if you want venture funds to invest in important things, then don't penalize or make fun of them when those important things don't work.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Adlai Stevenson II What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Bill Maris With a regular venture fund, you raise, let's say, a billion dollars, and then over the next three or four years, you've got to invest that money; otherwise, the people who invested with you will say, 'What are you doing? You're just collecting fees on our money.'
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Andrea Dworkin Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Buzz Aldrin You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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