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Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Everything filed under network science network science Everything filed under America America Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Venture capitalists are judged on the price they entered and exited at, not on the quality of the business they built. Venture capitalists are judged on theprice they entered and exited at, not onthe quality of the business they built. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AD Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Success is probably measured wrongly when it is judged by the amount of output or the quality of that output. — tap to centre the map on it Success is probably measured wronglywhen it is judged by the amount ofoutput or the quality of thatoutput. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 PS Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Venture capital decision-making runs more on subjective feelings than on objective substance. — tap to centre the map on it Venture capital decision-making runsmore on subjective feelings than onobjective substance. Last stated 3 months ago 5 Aug 2026 ZH Zach Holman — holds since 2026-08-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Venture investments are essentially lottery tickets for individual investors. — tap to centre the map on it Venture investments are essentiallylottery tickets for individualinvestors. Last stated 4 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 BC Ben Carlson — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Venture boards govern badly because a VC director's interest in winning the next deal outweighs their interest in this company. — tap to centre the map on it Venture boards govern badly becausea VC director's interest in winningthe next deal outweighs theirinterest in this company. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Feb 2024 BA Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Investment performance should be judged at the level of a portfolio, never at the level of an individual investment. — tap to centre the map on it Investment performance should bejudged at the level of a portfolio,never at the level of an individualinvestment. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: In startups, people generally make more money by being good. — tap to centre the map on it In startups, people generally makemore money by being good. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Venture capital investing is a power-law strategy where a small number of big winners are expected to make up for many losses. — tap to centre the map on it Venture capital investing is apower-law strategy where a smallnumber of big winners are expectedto make up for many losses. Last stated 4 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 BC Ben Carlson — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The median venture capitalist has produced no more excess return than the median mutual-fund or private-equity manager. — tap to centre the map on it The median venture capitalist hasproduced no more excess return thanthe median mutual-fund orprivate-equity manager. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AD Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system built from ordinary, mundane components can still give rise to genuine higher-level collective organization, as with ant colonies and pheromone chemistry. — tap to centre the map on it A system built from ordinary,mundane components can still giverise to genuine higher-levelcollective organization, as with antcolonies and pheromone chemistry. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because two generic mechanisms reproduce the observed distributions, large networks are governed by self-organizing rules that do not depend on what the network is made of. — tap to centre the map on it Because two generic mechanismsreproduce the observeddistributions, large networks aregoverned by self-organizing rulesthat do not depend on what thenetwork is made of. Last stated 27 years ago 21 Oct 1999 RA Réka Albert — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are AB Albert-László Barabási — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large real-world networks share one property: the number of connections per node follows a scale-free power law. — tap to centre the map on it Large real-world networks share oneproperty: the number of connectionsper node follows a scale-free powerlaw. Last stated 27 years ago 21 Oct 1999 RA Réka Albert — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are AB Albert-László Barabási — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it American manufacturing output cannotmeaningfully rise without firstbuilding large amounts of newelectricity generation. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Americans have repeatedly overreacted drastically to real problems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power, swept up in fear after one vivid incident. — tap to centre the map on it Americans have repeatedlyoverreacted drastically to realproblems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclearpower, swept up in fear after onevivid incident. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it "Move fast and break things" is thewrong mantra when you are dealingwith atoms; the job is to move fastand ship safely. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. — tap to centre the map on it AI companies promote themselvesaround 'taste' because theirproducts are unappealing outsidetech circles. Last stated 7 months ago 26 Mar 2026 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Algorithmic optimization can optimize people to be resentful and angry online — tap to centre the map on it Algorithmic optimization canoptimize people to be resentful andangry online Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Venture capitalists are judged on the price they entered and exited at, not on the quality of the business they built. Last stated 2 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Aswath Damodaran Read this korrent →