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A Chat with Fred Wilson [video] (howardlindzon.com)
17 points by spencerfry on June 20, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



An interesting tidbit that I picked up: one-third of VC investments succeed beyond their expectations, one-third do OK (zombies from the VC's perspective), and, one-third fail. I had thought, from what I had previously read, that 10% were very successful, and 50% failed.


Top tier VCs like Fred get to invest in the cream of the crop, so the numbers are different for him.


I've heard the 1/3rd rule from other investors as well.


That was fairly boring. A few interesting tidbits, but I couldn't make it through the entire thing.




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