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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that. What I garnered was that many VCs secretly wanted to be entrepreneurs. They were envious. Let me explain. You felt invincible. You were minted.

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Is the Unicorn Endangered or Extinct?

Professor VC

investment bankers, while the dot com bubble was driven by investment bankers willing and able to convince institutional and retail investors that companies didn''t need to have a business model or even a way to exist without relying on additional investment. or a market cap of $800M.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that. What I garnered was that many VCs secretly wanted to be entrepreneurs. They were envious. Let me explain. You felt invincible. You were minted.