I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur.

- Douglas Leone

For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.

- Jason Calacanis

The need for some venture of faith still remains; one must stake one's life upon something.

- Henry Norris Russell

All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.

- Fred Wilson

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

- Emily Dickinson

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.

- Emile M. Cioran

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

- Edmund Burke

As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.

- Dan Levitan

We believed the world didn't need another commoditized venture capital firm.

- Dan Levitan

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

- Douglas Leone

Some big banks remain wary of venture capital.

- Alex Berenson

His venture sounds like a banana peel awaiting its victim.

- Charlotte Curtis

When I started Milk! Records, it was a pretty non-profit making venture.

- Courtney Barnett

Venture capital is always wanting to go up market.

- Clayton Christensen

Some people misconstrue our band just to be a commercial venture.

- Chris Martin

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

You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable.

- Buzz Aldrin

A hardware startup with no funding is a risky venture.

- Brendan Iribe

Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.

- Adam Osborne

The conservative media movement exists primarily as a moneymaking venture.

- Alex Pareene