Startup Fundraising Quotes & Sayings

Hitler didn't snub me - it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram. — Jesse Owens

The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God. — Henri Nouwen

Confidence don't mean jack shit in the real world, sis," she once said. I feel myself finding the courage to trust those words more and more with every twist of the knife. Coincidentally, last Tuesday afternoon I was involuntarily exposed to the punch line of an old wise tale that goes something like: "There's beauty that can be found in everything." But why can't the insensitive cunt who said that ever find the courage to look in the mirror? Because poopycock, one might say. — Dave Matthes

Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst. — Marlene Dietrich

Because fundraising is so distracting, a startup should either be in fundraising mode or not. And when you do decide to raise money, you should focus your whole attention on it so you can get it done quickly and get back to work. — Anonymous

He hadn't asked to become a leader, but did that absolve him of responsibility? People needed him. The world needed him. And, with an understanding that cooled in him like molten rock forming into a shape, he realized that he wanted to lead. If someone had to be lord of these people, he wanted to do it himself. Because doing it yourself was the only way to see that it was done right. — Robert Jordan

She considered herself too smart to believe in things she had no evidence for, and that behaved in ways that violated every principle she'd ever observed or heard plausibly spoken about. And she considered herself too tough-minded to believe in things just because they made her feel better. — Lev Grossman

I think a lot of times, especially for certain stories, photographers travel together for safety reasons, and they also invariably cross paths. But you could have 10 photographers shooting together in the same spot but capturing different images. — Carol Guzy

Fred Wilson is a legendary VC and the Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures in New York City. At AVC, he writes one of the most popular startup blogs and covers issues from negotiation to hiring to fundraising. He's a machine for dispensing helpful advice and insightful commentary for those in our industry. — Emerson Spartz

You know, I've got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what's wrong with that? I love to smile. — Jennifer Aniston

I'd rather be encouraged by an ant to live than taught to doubt by fifty skeptics. — Marty Rubin

I always wanted my work to speak for itself, and have opportunities to do interesting work and not just puff pieces. — Amanda Fuller

Most startups eventually pivot to adjust to what the market is telling them. — Alejandro Cremades

If you look back far enough, everything is stolen and every country invaded. — Mark Forsyth

Putting yourself at risk ... that was the only path to anything meaningful. The biggest risk was in not taking a risk. — Amanda Howells

When you run in fear, it's square into the wall. — Byron Katie

Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion? — Bertrand Russell