Funding Options Quotes

There aren't many sources of money in San Diego, apart from local partnerships and local investors. It's pretty starkly polarized to Silicon Valley.

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.

Most startup entrepreneurs unnecessarily spend half their time and give up half their equity in search of funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. Tens of millions of dollars are available to them for free from partners who not only don't want their equity, they don't even want to be paid back.

I think it's important we continue to find new ways for start-up businesses to get access to funding, mentorship and business advice.

The question for Dropbox is whether, when they run out of private sources for funding, they will be able to maintain that valuation when they go to public sources for funding and their valuation is set on the public markets.

Our experience is that most entrepreneurs are able to attract debt, even for risky and early stage investments. There are investors who provide debt, but very few who fund through equity.

VCs, angels and other networks help you validate your ideas.

If you don't have savings, and your co-founders are as poor as you are, and if Mom and Dad won't loan you money, then your best bet is to find people that know you - your friends. If they, too, won't help, then you're stuck seeking out angel investors.

Any company of my size cannot live without thinking it's possible to go public one day.