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A comment on VC failure rates.

Re:VC failure rates by sanj on Friday November 30, 2007 @11:08AM (#85017)
There are a few data points missing from this analysis: like over what timeframe the 5x returns were realized:

I can get that over 20 years with an 8% return!

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Re:VC failure rates by far33d on Friday November 30, 2007 @12:25PM (#85047)
Most VC funds have a 10 year lifetime, so all investment returns are for some period less than that.
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Re:VC failure rates by sethjohn on Friday November 30, 2007 @12:41PM (#85052)
Very good point, but it seems more likely that poorly performing companies have a rather short (several years) lifetime.
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