Big ideas we tend to like are the ones that seem impossible or crazy. Bill Maris bigcrazyidea Change image and share on social
CEOs who can hire properly, that's the most important part of the job. The CEO's job is really to hire the right team and execute the vision second. Bill Maris ceoexecutehire Change image and share on social
All the information in the world has been pretty dispersed, but Google's mission has been to organize it and make it universally accessible. Bill Maris accessibledispersegoogle Change image and share on social
We have this powerful lever at Google Ventures, which is to invest $200 million a year. This is a huge lever. It's not all going into one place; it's going into lots of start ups and founders and entrepreneurs, all of which are levers to try and change the world in one way or another. Bill Maris changeentrepreneurfounder share on social
If you're a technology investor, and you decide that you're also going to be a healthcare investor or a green-tech investor, that doesn't usually work out that well. There are reasons why people make their careers studying these things and becoming experts. Bill Maris careerdecideexpert share on social
I used to be a health-care investor a long time ago in the public markets. One thing I learned that we tried to apply here is that investing in small molecules, trying to invest in the next treatment, there's an element of gambling to that. Bill Maris agoapplycare share on social
To create exponential growth in health care, we need to put tremendous resources and focus behind the best human minds working in this field. Bill Maris carecreateexponential Change image and share on social
Humans are terrible at predicting the future. We really overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term... If we can glimpse even a couple of years into the future, even that's difficult to do. Bill Maris coupledifficultfuture share on social
With a regular venture fund, you raise, let's say, a billion dollars, and then over the next three or four years, you've got to invest that money; otherwise, the people who invested with you will say, 'What are you doing? You're just collecting fees on our money.' Bill Maris billioncollectdollar share on social
You make a great investment in the consumer Internet, maybe you make a lot of money and create something useful, interesting, or fun. But in life sciences, you have a chance to be part of something that lets people live longer and healthier and not lose the people they care about. That is really profound. Bill Maris carechanceconsumer share on social