Roger Ver Quotes

Usually with things, you go where you can find the financing to do it.

In my experience, the more successful an idea is, the easier it is to fund it. In philanthropy, it's almost harder.

Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.

I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.

If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.

If you want the world to pay for projects, you have to be able to display why you're worthy.

Every venture capitalist says at some point, 'I wish I could run this company myself' - to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor.

In the United States, there is no project so audacious for which people cannot be found to guarantee the cost and find the working expenses.

At the end of the day, if you've got the great idea, and someone judges you've got the managerial capability, you'll probably get the backing for it.

A hardware startup with a lot of funding and a lot of momentum has a lot less risk.

Almost every scientific breakthrough I have ever been associated with was funded with private money. Once we could show it worked, we could get all the government money we wanted.

How could anyone ever build a company if they didn't have investments? It doesn't make any sense.

Legendary is in the unique position in that they have the resources to take risks, which I think has really benefitted 'Pacific Rim.'

I don't have a sponsor or come from an exotic country where I can bring tonnes of money.

When fundraising, your network is critical. Leveraging it early and often is the key. Don't make the mistake of waiting until you need money to engage sources of capital.

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.

Capital was always the struggle. I always had these amazing visions. Had this amazing work ethic. Had this amazing work partner in my wife. But I was always struggling for capital. I owe a lot to local banks who were willing to take chances on Jo and I early in our career.

The quality and quantum of potential investors in Africa is huge.

Backing a company is a serious business.

I've not received any major sponsorship deals or anything else.

We use convertible notes a lot at our fund - 8VC - so often that we just call them 'notes' to save time.

The purpose of the capital formation presentations and roundtable discussions is to create a dialogue with business leaders, economic development organizations, business incubators, and community leaders to promote investment in Montana and support businesses as they start up and/or grow their existing operations.

The only thing we lack for even faster growth is more capital.

Kickstarter is perfect for us. It wasn't something we heard about and just got to it. We did our research, met with the people at Kickstarter - they are brilliant, and they're excited to work with us.

When someone needs copper, or wood or an ag product, and they invest capital somewhere to make that happen, and people get jobs from that, and that good gets introduced to the world stage and it gets traded and moved, the whole world benefits.