A Quote by Stanley Kubrick

Anybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.

Stanley Kubrick

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Anybody Disciplined Runs Stands Still Well

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Stanley Kubrick
American - Director
July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999

The surest way to get a VC interested is to say that you're not interested in taking VC money.

Chris Yeh

The VC industry has benefited greatly from technology and the Internet, so I see how the VC industry is going to get disintermediated, decentralized, disrupted, so I can sit around and wait for someone to disrupt ourselves, or we can choose to disrupt or cannibalize ourselves.

Brock Pierce

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

Heston Blumenthal

I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.

Wendell Willkie

VC has always been this high-touch, in-your-face-type business.

Chamath Palihapitiya

VC firms that don't have a brand are going to struggle. Because there is a lot of money out there, you need to have a point of view, a brand, to really add value. You can't just talk about it, and say well, we are smart people.

Naval Ravikant

Most VC firms are looking to bring in women because of the great consumer cycle.

Aileen Lee

We have a mentoring and angel investing programme. We are also talking to the government to help create a VC industry.

Romesh Wadhwani

If you can't get an intro to a VC, hang up your cleats now. You're done, GAME OVER

Mark Suster

I think just calling up a VC and saying 'I want to pitch you' is an enormous waste of time.

David Cohen

If you're in a squeeze for capital and you have a solid, mutually beneficial relationship with a VC, your chances of raising will increase dramatically.

David Cohen

I have to think my success in the VC business was due in no small part to seeing Larry Ellison in action back in the day.

Steve Blank

I mostly read online - tech/VC blogs. I also enjoy the 'NY Times', 'Atlantic', 'New Yorker'.