Solely heuristic-based private investing will die off over time
Ryan Caldbeck · 20VC: Ryan Caldbeck on Why The Business Model of VC is Broken, Who is To Blame, How The Best Funds Will Use Data Intelligently Moving Forward & Whether We Are In A Consumer Bubble Or Not? · Nov 2, 2018 · at 11:01
Ryan Caldbeck is the founder and CEO of CircleUp. He shares his long-term outlook on the obsolescence of purely human, non-data-driven investment strategies in private markets.
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“Over time, we do think that the concept of private investing, based solely on human heuristics, that will die off over time.”
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