Bill Maris

Your genome isn't really secret. ”

VC firms are... responsible for the full life cycle of a company: they find it, help it grow, open up a Rolodex, and sell it. ”

As life expectancy extends beyond 80 years in some parts of the world, more people are struggling with brain diseases. For older people, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other conditions become a major impediment to quality of life. ”

We actually have the tools in the life sciences to achieve anything that you have the audacity to envision. I just hope to live long enough not to die. ”

I'm interested in the ideas that sound a little crazy, such as radical life extension, curing cancer, being able to create a simulation of the human brain and map every neuron. ”

You make a great investment in the consumer Internet, maybe you make a lot of money and create something useful, interesting, or fun. But in life sciences, you have a chance to be part of something that lets people live longer and healthier and not lose the people they care about. That is really profound. ”

The reality is the technology exists now to extend life and have people live healthier, happier lives. Not to be kind of immortal - that's not what I'm talking about. ”

CEOs who can hire properly, that's the most important part of the job. The CEO's job is really to hire the right team and execute the vision second. ”

Not many venture firms have people whose job is to read academic research - on startups, ventures, and entrepreneurs - and gather knowledge from that. ”

If I'm an entrepreneur, and I have a term sheet from Sequoia and Kleiner, that's the safe choice. Google Ventures is the brave choice. ”