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Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Newsmakers and Insiders
A Little Vulture Capital To Keep The Wheels Turning?
To the extent the claims are accurate, venture capitalists are at some risk of making themselves irrelevant. Having been burned by bad investments, entrepreneurs report VC are now increasingly risk averse and seeking demanding terms. At this rate, it won't take long before entrepreneurs and other investors just take a pass.
To the extent the claims are accurate, venture capitalists are at some risk of making themselves irrelevant. Having been burned by bad investments, entrepreneurs report VC are now increasingly risk averse and seeking demanding terms. At this rate, it won't take long before entrepreneurs and other investors just take a pass.
Venture Capitalists Are Taking the Gloves Off. Venture capitalists are offering the companies they bankroll increasingly hard-knuckled deals that leave little wealth for a start-up's managers or original backers. By Lynnley Browning. [New York Times: Business]