Douglas Leone

You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business. ”

We like companies that can get big and powerful on $50 million or less and not two, three, four or five billion. ”

If you start a successful company in China at 11 A.M., by 2 P.M. there's three more companies like it. ”

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. ”

If you choose a market that already exists, say, networking equipment, you have to compete with an established company like Cisco. Even if your product is marginally better, Cisco can fudge it and outsell you. ”

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets. ”

There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage. ”

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive. ”

Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking. ”

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen. ”