A good portfolio manager knows which companies to keep and which ones to let go. Many a GP has struggled with portfolio companies that cannot meet their value-creation milestones, or raise additional follow-on rounds of capital, or generate target returns in a time span of, say, five to seven years. The faster you recognize those losses, the better it is.”-“ As David Cowan says, “Just focus on your top five–the rest is distraction.” The harder part of the investor's discipline is to know when to quit.”-“ You have to constantly scan all of those things and be willing to adjust your own sense of what's a reasonable outcome and move the company into a position where it has the maximum chance to succeed. ”-“Time is your enemy: Portfolio companies always take twice as much capital and twice as long to exit. Early-stage companies rarely meet milestones as planned and always burn cash faster than anticipated. Mahendra Ramsinghani
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
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Unknown
The greatest solution of all is to live and work in partnership with yourself, your family and friends, your work and community, your nation, your world, nature, and spirit.
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Marc Allen
Blessed are the misfits who make their own rules and stick to them for they shall inherit peace of mind
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Chikamso C. Efobi
Building something that matters is a marathon, not a sprint.
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Dragos Bratasanu
My decision isn't as important as the freedom to decide. And my income isn't as important as what I do to earn it.
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Robin Sacredfire
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A good portfolio manager knows which companies to keep and which ones to let go. Many a GP has struggled with portfolio companies that cannot meet their value-creation milestones, or raise additional follow-on rounds of capital, or generate target returns in a time span of,...
Amidst all the hype and hoopla around this business, I wanted to emphasize the challenge–it is seductive but the failure rate is very high. And those who fail have no good place to go.
