"The entrepreneurial mindset is a balancing act between opportunity and constraint."
– Noubar Afeyan, managing partner and CEO at Flagship Ventures

"Disease is the most democratic process there is; we all get a chance to play."
– Melinda Richter, CEO of Prescience International

"You don't go someplace just because you think the grass is greener."
– Brent Ahrens, general partner with Canaan Partners, on the importance of growing in the areas where you already have strengths