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Re:Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2) by wastedhours on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:08AM (#15080766)
As much as I appreciate that's the VC model, perhaps less would fail if VCs didn't push for billions in revenue? The failure rate might be less than 9/10 if it wasn't "all or nothing"? Guessing it still wouldn't make enough home runs as an investment vehicle though?
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Re:Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2) by sharemywin on Friday August 25, 2017 @03:22PM (#15101423)
The problem is the fund size. when you have make a good return on 100m you need something that will eventually get there.
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Re:Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2) by Joboman555 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @09:07AM (#15081179)
Failure rate doesn't matter. 99% failure * 1B > 90% failure * 1M
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Re:Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2) by CryoLogic on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @01:30PM (#15083393)
That's assuming 90% failure when looking for sustainable businesses. There are some upcoming VC's which are doing well funding smaller companies. Momentum Ventures is one I know of.
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