Zider: How venture capital works

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Contrary to popular perception, venture capital plays only a minor role in innovation. It does play important rol in next stage of innovation life cycle

the period where a company begins to commercialize its innovation

The upside of venture capital for entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs usuall lack funds to finance opportunity. Many others recognize risk, so they shy away from using their money

Venture Money is not long-term, the idea is

  • invest in org. balance sheet and infrastructure
  • until it reaches a sufficient size and credibility
  • So that it can be sold with profit
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How the venture capital industry works

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Venture Capitalists focus on middle part of classic industry S-curve. They avoid both

  • Early stages, when technologies are uncertain and market needs unknown
  • Later stages, when competitive shakeouts and consolidations are inevitable and growth rates are slow

Venture capital exists because

structure and rules of capital market. someone with an idea often has no other institution to turn to

A few probabilities have great impact on how venture capitalists spent their time

  • little time is required on the real winners or the worst performers (numnuts)
  • significant time is allocated on middle portfolio companies

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