Bill Maris Quotes

There would really be no reason to get up in the morning if Founders Fund was not willing to invest in companies that were doing important things, great businesses that very few people believe in.

I do think there are more and more entrepreneurs all the time that think big. Those are the people we should be finding and funding. Most of them will fail, but the ones who succeed will change the world, and that is progress.

I hear entrepreneurs use the word 'disruption' on a daily basis and continuously hear the cliche change the world.

We like to say at Khosla Ventures, and this is one of the reasons to do what we do, we'll take technical risks that nobody else will.

In the Valley, what's happened is you have entrepreneurs that just want to fill a hole in the market and have a rich exit.

I started angel investing because I like hanging out with entrepreneurs.

The phrase 'change the world' is tossed around Silicon Valley conversations and business plans as freely as talk of 'early-stage investing' and 'beta tests.'

At Microsoft, we know first-hand how passionate entrepreneurs can change the world. We believe that technology can empower everyone to achieve more.

We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world.

Techstars has done a great job accelerating and providing venture capital to the most promising companies to make the biggest long-term economic impact.

Many entrepreneurs, and the venture investors who back them, seek to build billion-dollar companies.

I'd been a great angel investor, but professional venture capital was clearly not the right thing for me.

Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world.

I've witnessed first hand the impact the Benchmark team has had on new ventures, and I believe their commitment to the entrepreneur and dedication to building companies of lasting value really set the firm apart.

In 1998 I invested in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Uni and subsequently put more capital into enterprise education to try and help change the culture.

The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit.

As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is important that we understand our responsibility to affect positive change in our communities.

I'm just more excited about helping new entrepreneurs create the next Facebook or Google.

I feel that the best companies are started not because the founder wanted a company but because the founder wanted to change the world... If you decide you want to found a company, you maybe start to develop your first idea. And hire lots of workers.

There are a lot of studies about small businesses and how they make a difference in their community and create a lot of jobs and values. So we need to focus on small businesses or entrepreneurs who want to start manufacturing or making things.

One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.

I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.

We have to develop the whole system of early stage investors and a tax system around it. For every Google that has come on the scene, there are hundred entrepreneurs who never did.

I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we've got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California.

Creating a culture of entrepreneurship is particularly critical for Tunisia's success.