July 2020
Beginner
54 pages
50m
English
Why don’t people investing for their retirement pick a “hot” stock and put all of their money into it? The reason is that most people don’t want to gamble with their life savings. They would prefer to have a diversified retirement plan that invests in many companies. Venture Capital works the same way. They don’t spend all of their time and money into one company, that bet on many companies knowing that of the hundreds they invest in one will be a wild success.
What does this mean for an individual employee of a Venture Capital funded company? The probability of success is very low. One way to look at the opportunity is to look at the expected value. ...
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