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Opinion
Hsu: Historical Loss Ratios in Venture Capital Are Too High
“We believe that historical loss ratios are too high in venture to some extent.”
Jonathan Hsu Jun 17, 2019 ▶ 18:33 20VC: Why Historical Loss Ratios Are Simply Too High, Why Data Is The #1 Most Important Piece When Evaluating Effective Reserve Allocation & Why Nothing Is Truly Defensible Today with Jonathan Hsu, Co-Founder and General Partner @ Tribe Capital
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Hsu: Nothing in tech is defensible in the long term
“I think in the long term, you're absolutely right. Nothing is defensible in the long term, right? The question is like, are you in an era where you can defend it for a while and give yourself enough breathing room to possibly innovate something else, build som…”
Jonathan Hsu Jun 17, 2019 ▶ 23:15 20VC: Why Historical Loss Ratios Are Simply Too High, Why Data Is The #1 Most Important Piece When Evaluating Effective Reserve Allocation & Why Nothing Is Truly Defensible Today with Jonathan Hsu, Co-Founder and General Partner @ Tribe Capital
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Hsu: A PhD in string theory is the most useless degree
“It's really sort of the most useless topic you can probably get your PhD in.”
Jonathan Hsu Jun 17, 2019 ▶ 3:50 20VC: Why Historical Loss Ratios Are Simply Too High, Why Data Is The #1 Most Important Piece When Evaluating Effective Reserve Allocation & Why Nothing Is Truly Defensible Today with Jonathan Hsu, Co-Founder and General Partner @ Tribe Capital
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