Venture Capital: A Good or Bad Investment?


See http://www.bloomberg.com/video/92249035/ for six minute on-air discussion with the Kauffman Foundation’s Harold Bradley and Tangent Capital Partners’ Bob Rice about the ongoing contraction in venture capital, what’s widely recognized as broken in the traditional model, historical returns at industry level, the implications of fund size, tensions and pricing negotiations with limited partners, and the outlook for the industry. Televised by Bloomberg

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