Venture Investment Quotes

I think it's always interesting when you see a company start moving so quickly - it's like wow, incredible. When a company like Uber starts breaking away, it's not a linear thing. It's exponential. All of a sudden, the guy you know who threw $25,000 at Uber very early on - all the sudden, that $25,000 is $25 million.

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

The more activity around Chicago-based companies, and the more success that entrepreneurs have in Chicago, the better we as venture capitalists in Chicago will do.

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.

I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.

In 1986, Microsoft and Oracle went public within a day of each other, and I recall telling one of my colleagues that the software business will become big. So I started working with software companies in the mid-'80s and never turned back.

One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology.

GV remains an enthusiastic investor, and Google will continue to partner with Uber.

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.