Tag Archives: Economics

In a world… of venture capital

Posted on May 15, 2015 by TheZvi

On Twitter, Robin Hanson asked a question yesterday I have given a lot of thought to, which is why the bigger venture capital firms dominate the market and make oversize profits while the other firms taken together make almost no … Continue reading →

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Private Firm vs. Public Firm Earnings

Posted on May 5, 2015 by TheZvi

Robin Hanson asks: Interesting that private firms have 67% of employees yet only 20% of profits. Is this mostly because owners take “profits” off the books to avoid taxes, or because owners attend more to growing firm value than to … Continue reading →

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