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Prediction Didn’t hold up
Dixon: By 2025 remote conversations will probably occur in VR
“I think, you know, in 10 years, we'd be probably having this conversation in virtual reality, and we'd be, you know, looking at each other across the room, and it would feel like we're in the same room.”
Chris Dixon Nov 13, 2015 ▶ 36:46 #5 Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital
Assertion Contradicted
Dixon: a16z employs over 100 non-investor operational staff
“We have over a hundred employees who are not investors at our firm, whose sole job it is to help companies do things like recruit employees you know build their, you know, their customers base.”
Chris Dixon Nov 13, 2015 ▶ 10:37 #5 Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital
Assertion Contradicted
Dixon: VC invests only $10B–$20B yearly, smaller than big tech R&D budgets
“This industry is actually, you know, it gets a lot of attention in the press venture capital, but it's actually a very small industry. So, you know, they're probably, there are a few dozen kind of firms that most people, you know, that, that, that constitute t…”
Chris Dixon Nov 13, 2015 ▶ 6:24 #5 Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital
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