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Anybody who has studied the VC industry knows that it works by “power law” returns in which a few key deals return the majority of a fund.
Both Sides of the Table • What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
Kevin Kwok has a schtick about how friend groups underinvest in themselves. A group of people with high mutual trust, shared interests, and low coordination costs have already solved for many of the issues that otherwise prevent humans from accomplishing great things.
Nadia Asparouhova • 27: Friend groups
VCs develop diverse networks.
Ilya Strebulaev • The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth
As it turned out, out of every 100 publicly traded firms founded since the 1970s, 50 were backed by VC funds.
Ilya Strebulaev • The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth
Baron’s team wanted to see which founder blueprint predicted the greatest success. When they tracked the firms through the internet boom of the late 1990s and after the bubble burst in 2000, one blueprint was far superior to the others: commitment.6 When founders had a commitment blueprint, the failure rate of their firms was zero—not a single one
Adam Grant • Originals
"50% of executive hires at high-growth companies fail"
Erik Torenberg • Emil Michael (ex CBO at Uber)
THE POWER LAW OF VENTURE CAPITAL
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
DreamIt Ventures and 500 Startups)