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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 2]

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For example FRC launched a founders equity exchange fund and various programmatic forms of knowledge sharing like list serves, CEO summits, conferences, etc. Rightly or wrongly, Sequoia has received a lot of flak about their “scout” program recently.

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Where Do Venture Capital Dollars Actually Come From? This Visual Explains

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Today most corporations have 401(k) style defined contribution programs where employees pay a fixed amount and the performance of their investments determine the amount they have upon retirement. There’s a wide range of intermediaries for venture capital and private equity investment, each with its own structure and business model.

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Source, Select, Win ? AGILEVC

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In the modern age public market investors, whether they be focused on equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds), currencies, commodities, or derivatives of these, all have access to essentially the same investment choices and the same body of information. To illustrate what great sourcing means, let me give an analogy from the academic world.