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Arthur Rock is an American businessman and venture capitalist. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of venture capital and is credited with helping to launch the careers of tech industry giants such as Apple, Intel, and Teledyne. He is also the founder of the venture capital firm Arthur Rock & Company. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Arthur Rock on leadership, life, love.

Steve Jobs is a national treasure. He is so visionary, and so bright. I had to fire him, though. — Arthur Rock

So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities. — Arthur Rock

The cost of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years. — Arthur Rock

Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York. — Arthur Rock

Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out. — Arthur Rock

People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards. — Arthur Rock

This country's going to have a revolution if something doesn't happen the haves and have - nots. — Arthur Rock

And then lo and behold IBM, Apple and Motorola took an ad in all the newspapers, double page ad, and said, announcing the chip that they were now able to manufacture it and that they were going to kill Intel. — Arthur Rock

I was one of the founders in, in that, the three of us all had the, had the founder's stock. — Arthur Rock

I think they, Peter McCullough was, turns out was not a good CEO. — Arthur Rock

Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board. — Arthur Rock

I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock. — Arthur Rock

IBM decided they were going to enter the copying business in 1968. — Arthur Rock

And what I'm interested in is investing in people. — Arthur Rock

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation. — Arthur Rock

And we invested three hundred thousand dollars, became the lead investor and I became Chairman of the Board of Scientific Data Systems, as I was at Intel for a while. — Arthur Rock

You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out. — Arthur Rock

Life Lessons by Arthur Rock

1. Arthur Rock showed that hard work and dedication are essential to success. He also demonstrated the importance of taking risks and having the courage to follow through on innovative ideas. Lastly, he proved that having a strong network of contacts and mentors can help you achieve success.