I think it's embarrassing for our industry that we have such low diversity across senior-level management at all of the mainstream, top-tier venture capital firms.
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There's a pure and simple business case for diversity: Companies that are more diverse are more successful.
Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
I don't think a lot of people have been entrepreneurial about venture capital.
I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they think can be turned around by fixing a few basic things.
It's shocking we don't see more engineers and entrepreneurs interested in enterprise.
So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster.
The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.
I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.
One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is not understanding the relationship they have with their investors. At times, they confuse VCs with their friends.
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