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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

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The same is not true for venture capital of course, since the underlying startups VCs invest in aren’t publicly selling their equity. 3) GP’s Care About Absolute, Not Relative, Returns - Of course most GPs pay attention to the broader returns of the market, but at the end of the day absolute returns are what matter.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

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I happen to be fascinated by the history of the VC industry, and one of the things we discussed at a recent offsite are the common threads behind the rise and fall of great venture capital firms. Like any other form of diluting your focus… it occasionally works, but usually doesn’t.