Venture Capital firms rarely take their own advice when running their own firm.
Private Equity firms (like Blackstone, KKR, Vista Equity Partners, etc.) and hedge funds (esp quant funds) are actually much more like venture portfolio companies than VCs are.
Private Equity firms (like Blackstone, KKR, Vista Equity Partners, etc.) and hedge funds (esp quant funds) are actually much more like venture portfolio companies than VCs are.
the best example of an ambitious VC firm is @socialcapital (they have a myriad of products and focused on growth) -- but those types of firms are extremely rare.
Most VCs believe companies should go public and that being a public company is very good for the long-term. But VCs themselves rarely go public.
Most VCs often help their portfolio companies see opportunities to acquire other firms and grow the firm. The growth of a synergistic merger often can outweigh the dilution that comes from growing the firm. VCs rarely acquire other firms.
Most VCs tell companies to have one CEO. But many VC firms are run as a partnership with 4–10 equal partners.
VCs would never invest in a company run by committee ... but most of them are run by committees.
Most VCs will tell companies to own a market and be the very best at what they do — and do not enter a super competitive space. But VCs themselves are crazy competitive — often competing with 100 firms (that are usually staffed with super-smart people).
