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
VC firms are... responsible for the full life cycle of a company: they find it, help it grow, open up a Rolodex, and sell it. Bill Maris companycyclefind 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
If I'm an entrepreneur, and I have a term sheet from Sequoia and Kleiner, that's the safe choice. Google Ventures is the brave choice. Bill Maris bravechoiceentrepreneur Change image and share on social
The reality is if you were going to die tomorrow, and someone offered you another 10 years, most people would take those 10 years. Bill Maris dieofferpeople Change image and share on social
Say you have cancer - you have this broad thing we call cancer; we're going to irradiate you and pump this poisonous material into you and hope more of the bad stuff dies than the good. That is going to seem so medieval when we can fix it on a genetic level, and Foundation Medicine is the first step to diagnosing it on a genetic level. Bill Maris badbroadcall share on social
Silicon Valley has been a technology capital like New York is a financial capital. Bill Maris capitalfinancialsilicon Change image and share on social
Government is really successful when it's willing to make big, bold objectives, like, 'We're going to get to the moon.' But without leaders with big ideas, we get stuck. Bill Maris bigboldgovernment Change image and share on social
Antibiotics are so pervasive that they are often prescribed preemptively, as soon as patients report symptoms, before a diagnosis is made. Bill Maris antibioticdiagnosismake Change image and share on social