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American - Businessman Born: 1934

I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available.

Job Way Down Buildings

Our national debt poses a threat to all Americans and is particularly troublesome both for well-established businesses and for those seeking to enter into the marketplace.

Debt Those National Our

I think CSR, corporate social responsibility, is something that is becoming front and center.

Responsibility Think Something Social

My philosophy, in a nutshell, is to wipe out the greatest amount of risk with the least amount of money.

Money Philosophy Risk Greatest

All American consumers have the same needs - to buy great consumer products, with savings and value, and with the convenience of easy delivery.

Great Value Easy American

Your initial instincts about investments and people are usually correct. We do a lot of due diligence in this business and most of the time it comes out where we started.

Time Business People Your

As someone who understands what's needed for entrepreneurs and start-up companies to succeed, I can tell you there is nothing more integral to their success than operating in a stable financial system.

Success You Someone Nothing

The Enterprise Value Tax is unprecedented, punitive, and has no justification in the tax code.

Value Tax Justification Code

It's tough, no matter how good your technology is, to police every single comment coming up.

Good Technology Police Matter

Every venture capitalist says at some point, 'I wish I could run this company myself' - to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor.

Myself Wish I Wish Entrepreneur

I love art; I collect mostly modern art.

Love Art Modern Modern Art

I got my first job at a firm called Naess & Thomas.

Job First Got First Job

Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party that we so strongly believe offers the most promising vision of America: one that recognizes the proper role of government, the importance of compassion, and the value of diversity.

I Am Vision Believe Government

As a venture capitalist, I invest in people and ideas that are fresh, vibrant, and willing to disrupt the market. As a political donor, I like to see the same energy in the people I support.

People Support Ideas Political

It's actually a pretty basic concept: when businesses feel secure and confident, they are more likely to grow, hire, and invest. Conversely, when the economy is unstable, businesses often become much more risk averse, and in many cases, they're forced to make undesirable cuts that affect their bottom line.

Feel Grow Confident Risk

In my 40-plus years as a venture capitalist, I have come to appreciate the certainty a healthy economy provides for businesses both large and small.

Appreciate Small Years Healthy

In times of huge fiscal deficits, no new revenues can be ignored, and renouncing any becomes well nigh politically impossible.

Impossible New Well Any

Google is addictive.

Google Addictive

Cloud computing eliminates capital expenditure, so you can go global very quickly - you don't have to have extensive servers in every country.

You Go Country Cloud

It's hard to make small investments when you're a billion-dollar fund.

You Small Hard Make

The advent of interactive communications has created an inflection point where it's economical to provide education differently than in the past.

Education Past In The Past Where

We've done education nonprofit through our history, and maybe the profit motive will be helpful.

Education History Will Done

The only thing... in-store retailing has that online doesn't have is it has the ability to touch, smell, feel, and experience.

Experience Feel Smell Ability

I was very early on in taking venture capital abroad: to Europe first, then Asia.

First Europe Early Abroad

I didn't understand the culture and what Starbucks was really about. It wasn't a coffee shop. It was really a way of life... we suffer from thinking that since we have it in New York, or it won't work in New York, that it won't work some other place. That's a discipline we keep trying to improve.

Life Work Coffee Culture

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