Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" It's pretty challenging for large funds to spend the time and energy necessary to get a meaningful return when most of the wins coming out are perhaps below $100 million exits and the ones above are very few and far between. "

Related Quotes:

" If you already have some amount of significant traction with customers, either in usage or in revenue, you should very quickly try and get that clearly out. "

Dave McClure

Customers

You

Try

" I think you'll see a lot more people in the Valley get more involved in politics. "

" There's been entrepreneurs working in the Valley for probably 50-60 years. It's not to say that you can't create that in other places, but I think people are a little bit impatient about creating the next Silicon Valley. "

" Hottest space that I think is interesting would be education, particularly, like, ages 3-10. "

" There's going to be a Google or a Facebook or a Zynga every three to five years. Those are really big ideas that do return substantial amounts of money. "

" I'm better than probably 90 percent of the people out there. Doesn't mean I'm smart; probably means I'm lucky. "

" We think that there's a lot of opportunities in helping improve finding food, delivering food, ordering systems, notifications system, and its a very frequent purchase item for a lot of people. "

" Europe is kind of fragmented. Africa is nascent; we've made a few investments, including four in Egypt. I visit 50-60 cities and 20-25 countries a year. The intent is to be a global fund, which takes time and prioritization. "

" Companies that tend to survive are the rebels. "

" My personal failures aside, 500 has long supported a diverse community of entrepreneurs including women, minorities, LGTBQ, international, and other overlooked founders. "

" Entrepreneurship is usually about people executing in the face of other folks telling them that it's not going to work. "

" We have to support the well-being of society. "

" I want to invest in a functional product that people are using. "

" I won't say that 'shotgun' is the word I'd prefer to use, but we certainly do a lot of investments. "

" The earlier you invest, the higher that attrition rate is because it's compounded. We have a more scientific method of investment. "

Dave McClure

Because

Higher

" There were never as many big businesses as people were piling money into in the late 90's or early 2000's. This is really a lesson to institutional investors about how much capital the market can absorb, and it's a 10-year adjustment cycle, and we're only beginning to wake up to that. "

" The reason we invest globally is because we think that's where a lot of the growth is happening: around the world. "

" While I'd like to believe that I'm not a bad or evil person, regardless, it's clear that some of my past actions have hurt or offended several women. And I probably deserve to be called a creep. "

" A bubble in early-stage funding means maybe there's $300 million at work when maybe there should be $150, as opposed to a bubble in late-stage funding which means there's $20 billion at work when there should be $3. "

" We are trying to build large, lasting businesses. "

" I actually find it's more interesting to play in the niches and find ways to apply technology to relatively straightforward problems. "

" I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning. "

" Food tech has been kind of an area that we have been making a number of investments in. Kind of a big boring industry, but a lot of people eat. "

" Not everybody wants to be Mark Zuckerberg, but everybody wants to create a little piece of the American dream, the Silicon Valley version. I don't think that's a bad thing. "

" Most of what we do is software, Internet, and mobile. A fair amount of that is transactional. "

" I did pick Lyft, but Lyft didn't seem amazing. "

" I aim to combine all the things I do in a comprehensive and holistic fashion that benefits startups and the people who make them grow. "

" Most firms do two investments a year. They may talk to between 50 and 100 and do a couple, whereas we're talking to thousands and doing several hundred. "

" Everybody in the industry thinks I'm the crazy person. "

" We often say if you have traction, lead with traction. Talk about specific customers, usage numbers, revenue metrics - anything like that that really is clearly explicit and factual. Get that out in front early. "