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13 quotes by Steve Jurvetson

Stephen T. "Steve" Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). He was a venture capitalist investor in Hotmail. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena, respectively).
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When a nanotech company matures and becomes a real business, it becomes something else. It becomes a biotech company or a cleantech company or a... →

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Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and cheery has on what people think the good life is.

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Go to the moon - that's my dream.

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If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them - another economic collapse, it's almost going to be like not news any more.... →

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The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it's going to... →

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Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley.

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The first generation of biotech physically cut and pasted from one organism to another. You learned that taxol helped cure cancer, then you found the... →

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History has proven time and again that downturns are the best time to invest in new start-ups. You get good deals and find a better environment for... →

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While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on... →

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Putting seven people in orbit should not cost more than flying a commercial jet around Earth.

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

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I'd stay away from investments in a variety of sectors that are capital intensive. Anyone who says we need $100 million before we know if what... →

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IT is now reaching out to fuels and chemicals, energy and clean tech, rockets, all kinds of bizarre industries that formerly didn't face much... →

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