Arvind Gupta Quotes

IndieBio's capital, facilities and deep mentoring by a network of biotech specific experts have the potential to spawn the Google's, Facebook's and Instagram's of biology.

We are seeing a new wave of young biologists that are attacking old problems with new tools and fresh ideas, leading to new types of bio startups and creating a much-needed engine to drive Silicon Valley into the next century.

In 2016, you no longer have to be in Silicon Valley to launch a successful startup. Colorado is home to many.

I wouldn't say that I know a lot about 'Silicon Valley'. I live in Boston, for one thing. And I don't live and breathe this stuff the way most of the guys out there do.

The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.

There is a huge amount of wealth that's generated here in Silicon Valley.

Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.

I actually made a website called Y2 Combinator, which was the Y Combinator that starts Y Combinator clones. There's a very clear difference in the quality between the companies that come from YC and the companies that don't.

The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

There are many successful startup funders who are looking for ways to make a difference in the world.

You know what makes me want to cry? I think, whoever the next Facebook is, why would you ever start that company here in the United States?

The best training ground in the world is Silicon Valley and the tech space.

In 2014, Utah cities Salt Lake City and Provo both surpassed Silicon Valley in per-deal venture capital averages. From large, multi-campus companies to promising start-ups, Silicon Slopes offers a promising climate for businesses. The entire tech industry has its eyes on Utah.

We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.

There's no more silicon in Silicon Valley. It's all iPhone apps.

I myself am also a small investor in Slack, and one can count four to five IM platforms that were launched by Skype alumni alone.

The number one problem companies have during the Y Combinator interview is that a minute into the interview, we don't know what they do. It's the same problem with the application. You might think we're experts, but you still have to explain it to us.

I'm sure that the ideas being incubated at places like Startup Village today will form the core of the technologies of tomorrow.

It turns out that one of the biggest drivers of investors are both successful and non-successful startup founders.

We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world. But there are specific areas that we get excited about - areas like hard tech, deep tech, companies that deal with really difficult technology, etc.

I think it's smart to always keep an eye on the companies that sit within incubator communities, which bring together the skills and expertise needed to grow an enterprise.

Companies that get started and built in New York City tend to be applied technology.

One of the things that's so interesting when talking to minority founders specifically is that there is really a knowledge gap in understanding what the risk-reward profile is for doing a startup.

San Francisco is a great startup community that you shouldn't even try to model yourself after because it's just special.

The number of people who have successfully scaled a company from dream to post-IPO success - you could list them on the fingers of two hands.