Greed and Capitalism

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system.
- Milton Friedman

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Chris Douvos: Limited Partners and Funds of Funds


 

Published on Aug 30, 2016
Chris
Douvos is a managing director at Venture Investment Associates. Prior
to joining VIA, he co-headed the private equity program at The
Investment Fund For Foundations (TIFF), and also worked on Princeton
University’s endowment team. Chris authors a blog, www.SuperLP.com,
which explores investment topics, including private equity.

In this talk, Chris discusses the role of Limited Partners (LPs) in the investing world of technology and startups.

MS+E 476: Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Venture Capital

We
often discuss how technology is reinvented and disrupted, but there is
also a good amount of change occurring within the venture capital
industry. Within the past several decades there have been new entrants,
from incubators to angels to different models of venture capital.

The
course explores changes in the venture capital industry: from the rise
of Sand Hill Road and investing in the dot-com bubble, to incubators and
accelerators, equity crowd funding platform, and different models of
venture capital today.

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