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Always consider investing in a grade-A man with a grade-B idea. Never invest in a grade-B man with a grade-A idea.
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There is always a critical job to be done. There is a sales door to be opened, a credit line to be established, a new important employee to be found, or a business technique to be learned. The venture investor must always be on call to advise, to persuade, to dissuade, to encourage, but always to help build. Then venture capital becomes true creative capital - creating growth for the company and financial success for the investing organization.
Georges Doriot
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Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life.
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Someone, somewhere, is making a product that will make your product obsolete.
Georges Doriot -
Be friendly but not chummy with your lawyers.
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You will get no where if you do not inspire people.
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People who do well in life understand things that other people don't understand.
Georges Doriot -
A popular Harvard business professor urged his students to read the obituaries in the New York Times before they read anything else, in order to learn from the lives of great men.
Georges Doriot