Bre Pettis Quotes

Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the company desperately needs money, and they can't figure out any other way, then they need to raise money. Or if someone's offering you easy money on good terms, you should take it because you can use it for good things.

I'm only going to make investments with people that I'd want to spend time with anyway.

For the good producer, raising capital is about the last thing to worry about. If you're good, the money comes very easily.

When you're fundraising for a venture fund, you're supposed to not talk.

I look at Boston-based companies all the time... There's certainly great companies in Boston. If the deal makes sense on the merit of the deal itself, we'll go and do the deal.

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.

Your team has to understand that coming into the ABA, you have to have your investments right and sponsorships and people ready to give you money so they can back you up.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

We got to know a lot of investors and know what they like and don't like. Through many co-investments opportunities, we have built trust among these investors. So when it came to investing in Xiaomi, things were a lot easier.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

Raise as little as you can to get you to something that you can show - plus maybe a quarter or two so you have a little bit of cushion - and then raise some more money. Raise as little - not as much - as you can because that's the most expensive equity you're going to sell.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

We reviewed our process at Greylock and discovered that the best investments are non-obvious enough that they result in a mixed vote by our partnership.

But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.

Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.

Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising.

I remember going out to raise my Series A and ending up with multiple term sheets when I had gone to Silicon Valley probably four times at that point and coming back with nothing.

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is not understanding the relationship they have with their investors. At times, they confuse VCs with their friends.

I think entrepreneurs should demand transparency for startup accelerators.

I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.

A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.

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

LeBron and I have always been about finding companies that we truly believe in and putting real money into them. We're not talking putting in $15,000 or $20,000. It's real money plus the expertise, understanding and knowledge that we bring, as well as bringing LeBron's name and likeness to the product.

I'm a very active angel investor in a number of different companies.

We're gonna raise some big bucks and breed 'em and that sorta thing. Pretty excited about that.