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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
16 Dec 2016 Acquired Special: A Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz
“Something that I didn’t realize even until I had been working in venture for quite a number of years, but I think most people don’t realize about the VC ecosystem, it’s actually kind of the same thing.”
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- David Rosenthal
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- evaluation
- Recorded
- 16 Dec 2016
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…Yeah. Then there’s really no benefit whatsoever to talk about how and what we’re doing with those stakes. It’s interesting. Something that I didn’t realize even until I had been working in venture for quite a number of years, but I think most people don’t realize about the VC ecosystem, it’s actually kind of the same thing. When companies go public, it’s not like there’s a magic moment and like we sell all our shares. Oftentimes we can’t even if we wanted to. So you have VC firms that are holding shares of companies that went public long ago and figuring out. It’s actually a big, it ends up being a meaningful kind of strategic discussion within VC firms for each investment. Yeah, when is the right time to sell.…
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