VC Model

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THE PITCH Opinion
Dickson claims the VC model only works for 10% of startups
“So, I feel like the VC model is broken. I think it's demonstrated that it's broken. It does work for 10%, 12% of companies, but the rest of us have to find our way and figure it out, and I believe in blockchain technology.”
Dawn Dixon Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 26:08 #31 Are Vending Machines the Future of Retail?
Harris: The Venture Capital Model Is Effectively a Ponzi Scheme
“Because that VC model is, if you were, if you're being a little bit mean about it, you'd call it a Ponzi scheme. Because people have to lose.”
Bridget Harris Sep 19, 2022 ▶ 4:07 How Bootstrapped YouCanBookMe Hit $5m using team profit sharing as internal motivation
Schoenfeld: Bootstrapping is better than venture capital for many businesses
“I'm not, like, violently opposed to the VC model. I just think there's lots of businesses and lots of opportunities to you know, take a different approach, to take a more, a little bit of a slower, kind of more intentional approach to kind of the market, and t…”
Adam Schoenfeld Nov 8, 2018 ▶ 5:55 1202 He Raised $20m+ in First Company, Now Bootstrapping in B2B Sales Tech Space, $1m in ARR
20VC Prediction Not checkable as stated
Moehring: AngelList will not render traditional VCs obsolete
“I also don't think to your second point that AngelList will, you know, make the VC model obsolete because the VC model is very boutique you know, especially in later stage investments larger Large amounts are very well managed by the VC firms that exist.”
Philipp Moehring Jan 6, 2016 ▶ 20:12 20 VC: Philipp Moehring, Head of AngelList Europe on Scaling Seed Stage Funding and Why 500 Is Not Your Traditional VC
20VC Insight
Teten: Delivering Real VC Value-Add Is Difficult Due to Low Scalability
“It's easy to talk about value-add, but it's harder to deliver, particularly given the limited scalability of the VC model.”
David Teten Dec 9, 2015 ▶ 12:19 20 VC 095: How VCs Find Startups and How To Add Value Once Invested with David Teten @ ff Venture Capital

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