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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

And the wrong message is frankly strewn all over Silicon Valley. And this is fueled by the VC culture in Silicon Valley. Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. That leverage technology or drive change. Or pivoted too quickly.

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MAY 24, 2021

Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. And the third founder, Colin Kelley , remains an important contributor & CTO of the company. But in the LP world there is an obsession with “top quartile” benchmarking in the near term, which drives skewed incentives for newer VCs to show quick returns.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? They are not even investing with their own money, but with their LP's money.

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