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The VC Shakeout

The VC Shakeout

By Jeff Nolan on June 30, 2010

This piece in HBR is must read, it details why there will be a lot fewer VC funds in the future. The sky is falling on the venture capital rainmakers. Over the past 10 years their quarterly internal rate of return (IRR)—the primary measure of VC success—was dismal, hovering in the single percentage points and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Business, Harvard Business Review, investment, Market liquidity, Rate of return, vc, vc funding, vc funds, Venture Capital

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