What do venture capitalists actually do?

Venture capitalists do two things: (1) venture and (2) capital. But what does that actually mean?
Dan Toomey is back on the investigation beat in Good Work’s latest Case Study. Welcome to the Patagonia-clad, Allbird-rocking, Twitter-addicted terror dome.
Thanks to Sheel Mohnot, Erin Griffith, Turner Novak, Natasha Mascarenhas, and @vcbrags for their help unspooling the yarn of this important story.
Video by Dan Toomey and Henry Stockwell
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What do venture capitalists actually do?

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>What do venture capitalists actually do? VCs invest the money [they don't own] of the people [they don't care about] into the startup companies [they know nothing about].

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So basically venture capitalists do capitalism

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The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the rest of the fund combined. - Peter Thiel

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