Bill Maris Quotes

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.

Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment.

We need investors who plant and grow, not reap and run.

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.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

The most important thing for us is investing and making companies great, and then they have all the options they want, whether that's to go public or stay private.

If you're an investor who wants a little bit more from the capital-appreciation side of things, but still likes this concept of getting 'paid by the company,' then we would tell that investor to pursue shareholder yield.

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business.

I am obsessed with delivering value to investors and winning the game from a personal standpoint.

Efficiency innovations provide return on investment in 12-18 months. Empowering innovations take 5-10 years to yield a return. We have ample capital - oceans of capital - that is being reinvested into efficiency innovation.

First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.

I always tell my partners that our job is to fund all the companies we can that can be worth $10 billion or more. That's such a difficult constraint, we can't have any other constraints.

Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong return in a reasonable amount of time. A strong return is three times cash on cash. A reasonable amount of time is ten years max.

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

You can be far more aggressive when you're making good profits.

I've had a very good stretch with startup investing, and I think it's very important to know when to hold your chips.

The great skill of investment is to know when the right time is to get out. Getting in's easy.

We like to invest in market leaders.

Once we started making investments, we realized the same service we provided to artists was applicable to entrepreneurs as well.

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

Success means making profits and avoiding losses.