WTF Do Venture Capitalists Actually Do?

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Venture capital is a two hundred- and fifty-billion-dollar industry that takes your money whether you know it or not and puts it into promising start-ups like, FTX, Theranos, and WeWork but what do these people actually do all day and how are they different from private equity or hedge funds? Venture capital is a type of private equity and private equity is any investment made into a non-public company or security. A private equity fund raises money from investors to buy companies or other assets that are not listed on public exchanges and use them to generate returns.
Private companies are much less transparent then public companies which are forced by the SEC and the exchanges to publish financials every quarter in addition to other information that they must keep current. Private companies are also harder to buy or sell since you can’t just open your Robinhood app and buy some shares. The difficulty and illiquidity of dealing with private companies means that investors expect higher returns and the managers running the funds can charge higher fees to compensate them for the extra work. They achieve those high returns through a number of different strategies, one strategy is a buyout fund that will take investor money, take out a large loan on top of that money and use it to buy a large established company that can be made more efficient by laying off staff and improving processes. Another private equity strategy is the rescue fund that buys a failing business for cheap and tries to turn it around, usually by laying off staff and improving processes.
But if you don’t have the stomach for firing people all day then Venture Capital is the type of private equity for you. Most of the private equity industry works with established private companies but venture capital invest into businesses that are just getting started. Some private equity investments will be made into businesses that are nothing more than some ideas drawn on a napkin. But what does that actually involve doing?
You wake up one day and find out you have become the CEO of a venture capital fund… congratulations, the top venture capitalists are all billionaires so if you play the game right you can be rich beyond your wildest dreams and all you need to do is follow these five simple steps. Step one is raising money, venture capitalists normally risk their own money in addition to money they raise from investors.
You can’t get money off just anyone because venture capital is highly risky so financial authorities say that it must come from an accredited investor which is someone who has one of the three following characteristics. An income of at least two hundred thousand dollars [$200,000] if they are single or three hundred thousand dollars [$300,000] if combined with a spouse’s income, they can also qualify if they have a net worth of over one million dollars [$1,000,000] individually or with their spouse. Alternatively they can qualify to make these investments if they are a knowledgeable employee or if they have a valid series 7, 65 or 82 license which qualifies them as a financial professional.
The SEC makes these rules to protect average investors from being preyed upon to make risky investments that they don’t understand and won’t be able to financially recover from. As a venture capitalist you can basically just ignore these requirements anyway because you are going to be targeting investors that can write a ten million dollar check over dinner and think nothing of it. If you need to raise money from average people, you can go through a pension fund, and they can make investments on their behalf because according to the SEC venture capital is less risky if there is a middle man. Why?... don’t ask to many questions that’s why.
So it’s time to learn How Money Works to find out how ventures capitalists make and lose billions by pretending they know what they are doing.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

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[@kopkaljdsao]

The venture capitalism system broke when monopolies became the norm. The leaders in each field have the top global talent and endless liquidity. The top talent helps identify the winners. They get bought before they become too expensive or worse, competitors. The companies left for venture capital investors are the 2nd and 3rd rate ones. Meanwhile regular investors who put their money in the monopoly get minimal return as the companies are so large and heavy their grouth is severely limited. Monopolies: Google, Samsung, Meta, China(military civil fusion and top down communist command structure=monopoly)...

[@crazy]

hi

[@EmperorEdwardXIII]

Hey Man do you have the track id at min 9:32

[@tutueanuciprianpetru6938]

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[@jeremiahthomas1385]

​@kopkaljdsao

[@TheThink5op]

I worked in the small finance department of a "startup". Even tough the company was not profitable after 14 years, it was still raising money from investors to grow its customer base, while getting subsidies from the french government for so called R&D and it was the only reason it stayed afloat all that time. The founder and CEO still paid himself around 13 times the minimum wages and managed to get an exit of multiple millions in the end. Thats how I got disgusted from start ups and VCs

[@StokeseyHD]

€300k for a CEO is chump change

[@maciejm740]

@@StokeseyHD In America, yes, in Europe, it's a lot. Also he said about the multi million exit.

[@cafeavecunpeudethe5380]

Dailymotion? Ahah

[@vinniechan]

​@@maciejm740 tax rate in Europe tend to be higher Still say you pay 50% and take home 150k you still live a very good life as most public services would have been paid for

[@adriandavito2744]

@@vinniechan 50% income tax? FOR REAL???

[@HowMoneyWorks]

Sorry for the re-upload. The KZbin Editor function messed up the last videos audio. After a very stressful 2AM change it should be fixed now.

[@kirilstoimenov2635]

Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need

[@matthewmatthew638]

How Money Works discovering that the "Pls Fix" doesn't end...

[@sergioperez1543]

Appreciate the hard work

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

It's okay, I decided to just come back and rewatch once it was reuploaded 😊. Love your videos.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

@@matthewmatthew638 Lmao

[@Beensteez]

a venture capitalist is someone who goes to play roulette and goes all in on green

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Not all in, but they always bet on green

[@megabain]

this is probably the best description of a VC. Thanks, I will use a lot from now

[@DoubleM55]

And they bet with other people's money!

[@TheMysteryDriver]

Wouldn't it be more like they bet on every number but every number is green?

[@midnightfun1277]

Crazy how this ppl are mostly the 1%. 😂 while ppl that actually contribute to society are treated like dirt.

[@nevcalyear7394]

I’m a healthcare VC. We looked into theranos and knew it was BS. Really interesting how light her sentence was and how heavy it was for the men. Just something super weird to note.

[@the_expidition427]

Either well connected, payed parts of the system off, and/or sexism

[@JohnCena-fd5yw]

the first VC fraudster mentioned is also a woman, and she has a 100+ year sentence. probably not related to sexism imo, but some other factor

[@yitzakIr]

It was antisemitism towards SBF, he just wanted to play league

[@UnbekannterSoldat74]

Oh come on, the first woman shown here got 100 plus years as well. Don't need to shoehorn culture war bullshit into everything suspicious you see. It speaks to a lazy mind. Go do the research to figure the differences.

[@user-qt8pi4fq5h]

Well, Balwani got around the same sentence for the same charges, the sexism is probably not prevalent in this case, just the "the rich getting away with things" aspect is.

[@frankdaniel5216]

It’s funny cause I always joked to people the reason why tech workers get paid so much is bc they live off of VC funding

[@behemoththekitty]

That's literally true. For example Uber a company that's over a decade old has yet to make a net profit, but their software engineers are paid the same kind of six figures that profit making giants like Apple get paid. Venture capital money has put upward pressure on tech salaries for over a decade. They are incredibly inflated.

[@connorwelch6265]

@@behemoththekitty I'll be the first to say that I'm biased as a software engineer but I think it depends on the perspective. At Uber, they absolutely have an inflated salary. No company that has yet to report net profit should be paying so well. But in the example of Apple, they basically print money and their tech workers are a huge reason for that. My point I'm making is VC money mostly inflates startup salaries and similar unicorn type companies. I make 6 figures but I work at a well established insurance company. There's people that make more than me but work at companies that have yet to turn a profit it's very strange. However, it makes sense for the people at tech giants to be making what they do. BUT at the end of the day. It amazes me that some people in the industry earn as much if not more than doctors in a lot of cases. The pay really is insane.

[@behemoththekitty]

@@connorwelch6265 The problem with inflated salaries is that eventually market forces will force these inefficient businesses to readjust. So how are they going to do it? Well, they can't lower pay directly because a professional who gets paid x - amount of money today won't simply agree to be paid x-1 amount for the same work tomorrow. Therefore companies will have to go about it in indirect ways such as laying off workers and forcing the remaining workforce to work harder or they will have to significantly curtail career growth opportunity within their business, meaning that the average professional staying at the company simply can't expect to be earning triple or even double the salary they earing in 10 years time. Thanks to the "move fast and break things " crowd career growth is dead. This kind of readjustment is going to hurt everyone in the industry not just the VC backed startups who precipitated the problem. In fact it's already happening. Apple and the likes will absolutely take this opportunity to stagnate pay and increase their profit margins a little more even though they don't really have to do it for any critical financial reason. Profitable businesses imitate struggling businesses all the time in order to rack in extra profits. Case in point: food manufacturering giants who comtrol litterary every aspect of their production chains are currently raising their prices, whilist blaming inflation and pretending that they are subject to the same market conditions like the small business down the road.

[@HiFisch94]

​​@@connorwelch6265 I strongly disagree. I'm working as software developer and it's pretty easy to go freelancing or something like that, if you're a good developer. Obviously salaries up to a few hundred k are inflated and junior developers that earn 6 figures is crazy, but even here in Germany I could earn as much as 200-300k when freelancing, so a six figure salary is nothing but competitive. (normal salaries are at around 50k with developers earning around 70k+, but in certain cases way more)

[@behemoththekitty]

@@HiFisch94 career growth within the company and freelancing are two different things. The very fact that you have to freelance to get maximum profit out of your skills kind of proves my point

[@dredhead117]

"but what the f*ck do these people actually do all day?" 0:09 as someone who lives in San Francisco and has no real connection to the tech industry, those are my exact thoughts almost everytime I meet tech people and they tell me about their jobs. Not just the VCs but the engineers, consultants.... they seem to revel in keeping it ambiguous from us normies

[@fuzzypanda1684]

I think the behinds the scenes videos of Twitter and other tech companies gave us a pretty good idea of what they do all day. They get paid astronomical amounts of money to roll into the office around noon, spend an hour in the relaxation tub, then go get a mocha latte, cobb salad and imported Greek yogurt from the cafeteria, all free of course. Then, they play some ping pong or table hockey, chill out in the reading room on giant bean bags. Then eventually go to their office where they turn on their computer, update their FG, IG and all that, then sigh after a long days work, get a free massage in the massage chamber, then leave the office around 3pm. That's only on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays of course, the other days they play from home.

[@nkaloyanov]

@@fuzzypanda1684 Yep, and that's why the Twitter bubble burst, when Elon acquired the company. So many big paychecks and people spent more time TRYING to find something to do, rather than doing something.

[@Admiral137]

Private equity tanked the company I worked for. Company was around and profitable for decades they had it for 3 years and drained it. Courts found out they hired the liquidation company a year prior and just a couple of months ago the owner of that firm killed himself..

[@Pistolita221]

Did anyone else think it's weird that just having money makes you liscensed to be a VC agent/manager? I love how the system is so broken even financial yt is getting a breadtube flavor.

[@sycration]

people experienced with economics are in a good position to see its problems. see karl marx.

[@mggaming4624]

well they're risking their own money, where is the problem?

[@connortobin3775]

​@@mggaming4624 an investment of cash at that level can often disrupt or damage the market. It's the same reason we still regulate private hedge funds like Renaissance. They use their own money, sure, but with so much of it you do have to still be careful. Plus it's not necessary just their money, as stated in the video, so there's that, too. Cant be having any ponzi schemes, now.

[@Pistolita221]

@@mggaming4624 they are not only investing their own money, they get tens of millions from investors and regularly pick scams, did you not watch the video?

[@perfectallycromulent]

if you are just a person with money who didn't get a financial education, you are almost certainly only investing money of your own, or that of your family. if you are rounding up other investors, they are other rich people like you, who went to the same schools, and who come to you for the same sort of investment tips.

[@manfredkandlbinder3752]

There is a bavarian proverb roughly translates to "The devil craps on the biggest pile of shit." meaning the most undeserved people get the most help. Fits venture capitalists quite well as they reinforce and create market imbalances by propping up any one business in a particular industry. Thus further undermining or outright destroying whatever little was left of any virtual competition or laughable parody of a free market we might have had otherwise.

[@luxinvictus9018]

It's like someone said The only way to have a free market is to have regulations that keep it free. If you have a truly free market, the first person to rise to the top will make it unfree by destroying competition

[@manfredkandlbinder3752]

@@luxinvictus9018 We also went the other way full throttle. Installing regulations to make the market even less free, certifications, free trade agreements, idiotic copyright regulations and countless other regulations, big and smalll. All of which serve as gatekeepers to keep small innovative and disruptive businesses out of markets. Some of them might have served a purpose in the past but were hijacked long ago warped and twisted.

[@EventHoriXZ0n]

I like how at the end, higher finance is just gambling.

[@venaautos]

As someone who is currently looking for VCs, this is a perfectly timed upload

[@HosseinOutward]

when sound actually syncs, ...

[@WanderTheNomad]

It hits different

[@saladinseige5843]

I am the 10th liker of this comment and you shall remember me

[@Tech__Futures]

@@saladinseige5843 I'll forget like my farts 🌪️

[@HotepSaoirse]

I’ve been trying to figure out what the song @ 9:27 is for a while now

[@yoshortyb]

The VC industry is a casino. The carry incentive for funds incentivizes taking absurd risks, because if you get lucky you get 20% of hundreds of millions(or more) and if it goes to zero, it isn't your money. Heads they win, tails they don't lose. It is still necessary to fund new businesses, but private markets have gone unchecked for far too long.

[@gf1b]

Yeah can’t believe that this video completely missed the economics of venture - not just carry but also capita gains - instead of income tax - for GPs, how many skate by on management fees instead of returns, and how the losses accrue to endowments and pension funds responsible for funding schools and retirees. So much for “How Money Works” telling us how money works.

[@tildazarqa4691]

I know is best to invest in safe heaven assets cos profit level usually drops in these times, but I have been reading articles of people that were still able to gross heavy profit up to $580k during this crash...... what is the best strategy at this time

[@zartanbarbara]

Buying a stock is easy, but buying the right stock without a time-tested strategy is incredibly hard. hence I will suggest you get yourself a financial-Advisor that can provide you with entry and exit points on best stocks to buy now or put on a watchlist. Apple, Merck, General Dynamics, Cheniere Energy and Marriott International are prime candidates.

[@garyfisher7651]

I agree , I assumed I had a hang of the market at first, I gained $50k one year and I was super elated, not until I stumbled upon a portfolio-adviser whose been guiding me since the market's been sham after the pandemic, to my utmost surprise I netted a whooping $280K during this dip, that made it clear there's more to the market that we avg. joes don't know

[@debbygradley25]

I lost over $9000 this week, which is money I'm putting aside for retirement ; who is this individual that advises you?

[@garyfisher7651]

A coach is essential in a volatile market, and "Viviana Marisa Coelho" is my advisor. She has years of experience in the financial field, so you can easily look her up.

[@Stonescreamery]

Thanks, I saw Viviana Marisa Coelho on google l, read through her credentials on her website and it's top-notch! I wrote her an email, hopefully she’s accepting new intakes.

[@JustFun-np9ry]

When I started my company back in early 2022 vc's were fighting over funding in the Web3 space, by the time we started our 1st round around 2 months back, its hard to get vc's to take a meeting. Funding is garbage rn

[@TheThink5op]

The dry powder as runed dry in VCs, when there is a liquidity crisis

[@vinniechan]

Jim Rickards explained that quite nicely The value of an asset (share in a company) can be measured by the cash flow it brings It is either the income it would bring from its business operations or how much people would pay when you sell it off Obviously when the mind set is so focus on the stock valuation on IPO how much the company get snapped up by larger corporation for the focus is not on a business plan with revenue model After a while it becomes a game of who holds the parcel

[@rando521]

man this shows us that physics is simple compared to this

[@DipayanPyne94]

Not really. Science is Very Deterministic. In Finance, there is a lot of speculation.

[@akale2620]

​@@DipayanPyne94so yes.

[@DipayanPyne94]

@@akale2620 Nope. I am saying that Finance is BS. You can engage in bs and call it difficult, sure, but that doesn't actually make it difficult. Nobody knows. That's the point. It's not even knowable. Even the Math that people use in Finance is garbage.

[@Pistolita221]

​@@DipayanPyne94 they are ignorant to the most important 2 inputs in an economy, human capital and the biosphere where every material and service come from/rely on to operate. They'll never aproximate accuracy or stability until they wrap their heads around that.

[@FaultyTwo]

One is a study of laws that can be proven true if you do the experiment against and against. The other is just glorified gambling.

[@thedude7319]

the occasional snide comment is why I keep coming back to this channel. a lit of spice with economics

[@jooky87]

Didn’t realize there were so many entrepreneurial frauds! Great video!

[@ianbelanger7459]

It has a long proud history going back to before the US as a country and probably from the invention of stock corporation in the 1600's including carpet baggers and land speculators.

[@evanshlom1]

The way our startup world is designed is disgusting. Instead of focusing on helping people with products and services or technology in general, people are primarily concerned with money. It’s ridiculous.

[@inexplicable01]

As a person involved heavily in start ups, I have just accepted that as truth. But your right, it is a ridiculous premise.

[@elnegritolamar4689]

I'm going to be the Devils Advocate here and say that this also benefits the consumer. We get better products and services and an overall better quality of life. Eventually we get something like Amazon, Netflix, ChatGPT. Sure there are people who play dirty but if the government allows a free market, the market will correct itself and expose the fraudsters.

[@paulomartins1008]

Money first, second and third.

[@Neophobic]

money is the incentive in capitolism. It got us everything we have though

[@elagrion]

it's called capitalism

[@Articulate99]

Always interesting, thank you.

[@JRay2113]

VC is about putting lipstick on a pig 🐷💄, taking it to market, charging 10x more than a regular piggy, selling it, and hoping that no one figures out that it was just a regular pig all along. REPEAT 🔁.

[@yossimahler4650]

Every company I have seen that got taken over by private equity, was run into the ground within less than a year. Prices went up and service went down. Just my own anecdotal experience.

[@harrys392]

Now this is some synched audio

[@j_yh]

"Why? Don't ask too many questions, that's why…" 😆

[@mrsarchibaldleach9572]

There’s also a cultural and behavioral piece to dressing. It doesn’t matter what you wear, if you aren’t understanding the intricacies of the culture…vocabulary, conversation topics, appropriate humor, social distance, table manners, etc. you can be well dressed on the outside, but you’ll still be out…

[@Magic_beans_]

9:00 This is important to the whole “startup refuses venture capitalist’s offer to invest” thing. The VC is buying an ownership stake, and in many cases they’re going to act like it.

[@armorbearer9702]

I am a little confused on why Holmes' sentence is so light(11:16). Isn't it more dangerous to give people false medical results than stealing their money?

[@gamerforlife9865]

Time to rewatch

[@storyzmisinterpreted4257]

Great vid as always.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

Thank you! Glad you liked it

[@asdfmosin]

I had watch the opening again. That sarcasm was just too good. Had me loling at the gym.

[@ahmedam77]

Great video!

[@HowMoneyWorks]

Thank you!

[@Babushka69]

Excellent video.

[@gaming_rafi7097]

I didn‘t even watch the video yet, but when I saw the quote „The Uber of craft beer“ in the thumbnail I just cracked up😂

[@josegaspar8534]

Ima need to watch it in the morning. I was trying to be first you guys are fast

[@arnbrandy]

Wait, the video said a VC manager should follow five steps, but only mentions four. What's the fifth one?

[@5astelija75]

I worked at a starup that straight up 10x'd their revenues on the income statement. I left but the company is still receiving investments

[@evanshlom1]

So many of humanities problems can be reduced to impatience.

[@samatar1025]

I think it would be better to invest in stock market and choose individual stocks wisely and buy and hold then invest in a venture capital firm. You can get similar return with less risk and more liquidity

[@kazehayaryoji3145]

Is it using ponzi sceme? More buyer the price goes up higher and only the first buyer profit becos when they sell later they take new buyer money too?

[@zesky6654]

Yup

[@kushyglowy8409]

Super interesting

[@doragary3717]

Putting well-earned money into the stock market can be over emphasize for first time investors,unlike a bank where interest is sure thing! Well, basically time are uncertain, the market is out of control,and banks are gradually failing. I'm working on a ballpark estimate of $5m for retirement, and I've a good 6 figure loaded up for this, could there be any opportunity a boomer like me?

[@Christopher-fd4ge]

There are a lot of strategies to make tongue wetting profits especially in a down market but such sophisticated trades can only be carried out by proper market experts.

[@leefrosh5635]

That’s true , I’ve been getting assisted by Jessica Katherine Ellis for almost a year now , I started out less than $200k and I’m just $19,000 short of half a million in profits.

[@donnidonald1895]

@@leefrosh5635Please how can I reach her? I think I should try this woman I've heard so much good news about her

[@leefrosh5635]

Google her name and reach her out through her page.she understands the job perfectly *JESSICA KATHERINE ELLIS*

[@donnidonald1895]

She appears to be well-educated and well-read I ran a google search on her name and came across her website; Thank You for sharing.

[@JW99736]

This has been happening the past 5-7 years in the cannabis industry as well.

[@jayjonas]

Does anyone know what make the purple fleece in the thumbnail is by any chance? 😊

[@mattcannon2]

You forgot the bit in a buyout fund where they transfer the massive loan onto the company they just bought, weighing it down for the rest of its existence

[@Ese96Agoaye]

Allen Stanford comes to mind. Who remembers the ill-fated Stanford Super Series?

[@pokeraddict]

I was thinking of making a start up getting money then making it look like it failed is that a good idea

[@elizabethdavis1696]

Please do a similar video on vulture capitalism

[@akale2620]

I had to read that 3times WtF

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

The reason that these companies often fail is because they were never backed by a real product or service that people wanted or cared about. Throwing around money only goes so far but for a lot of venture capitalists it's a numbers game and every so often you will back that super successful business making the previous losses seem acceptable. Of course, if people had better foresight and insight then they wouldn't need to make such wasted investments.

[@elatedmaniac]

Ahhhh. The unsettling truth of our tech economy... excellent.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

All of these videos could be summed up with "What do these people do?" "They take other people's money and write reports trying to get people to invest more money".

[@gdn5001]

And that’s why Leon Edwards has the most aesthetic physique!

[@antipoti]

6:15 so basically shark tank...

[@LoriKatbryn]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I have incurred so much losses trading on my own....I trade well on demo but I think the real market is manipulated.... Can anyone help me out or at least tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[@carlosfrancisco6627]

Same here, My portfolio has been going down the drain while I try trading,l just don't know what I do wrong

[@cristinaaguilera1880]

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[@alexandraann8636]

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[@francesjean2499]

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[@adamsilas6194]

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[@AssasinZorro]

I wish there was a summary at the end. With your dry delivery, it's sometimes hard to discern when you're joking and when you're serious, which makes it a bit confusing

[@deannal.newton9772]

I was always curious on how venture capitalists got all that money from.

[@Pistolita221]

There are at least 2x as many billionaires as are publicly claimed, most of them really try to hide their wealth.

[@mharp6166]

So basically, "you have money, I won't question how" and you can fail as often as needed.....but these peasents need college

[@jameswlong]

Im getting the strangest sense of deja vu

[@GarchompDaBooty]

Is this a re-upload?

[@evanshlom1]

Tech startups should start as small businesses but stupid people think they need investor money to get started with entrepreneurship. For example most shark tank founders don’t need investment money

[@udontsayxxx8622]

can you make a video about what preventive measures to do to safekeep money if your country fucked itself with money. (hyperinflation)

[@t.r.2283]

Venture capital is gambling in the end

[@LeonGK59]

Just 2 weeks after the video from Good Work with the same title 😅

[@williammcneil2045]

um isnt trevor nilto already out of jail ? i heard he got 2 years, some time ago

[@roythousand13]

Investors needs to start doing their own due diligence into the companies they are looking into investing in!

[@richhands5269]

My three favorite channels: How Money Works, StockBrotha, & Graham Stephan. Make my week complete!

[@yadielmercedes3635]

Look up the plain bagel i think you’ll like it too

[@millenialmusings8451]

You lost me at graham.stephen 😂😂

[@JoJoJoker]

Venture (verb): dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant. Capital (noun): wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose.

[@patrickmeehan6856]

All of these requirements for "accredited" investors appear to mean nothing at best and gaslighting...also at best. VC is like acting: a performance inherently dishonest.

[@fantasticblueberry2021]

STEP 5?

[@ifjNagyMiklos]

Honestly, it sounds like pyramid scheme.

[@MRICE117]

What a disgusting Economy system we Have Morally speaking we shouldn't be doing this.

[@mtd963]

Was anybody forced to watch a long ad without a skip button?

[@devinmcmanus]

Did I miss something, or is there no way for an established VC to fail?

[@ethanstump]

I mean, a revolution, but for some reason people are a little hesitant about taking that option.

[@slconley]

It seems like tech companies sell their products at 30 % completion.

[@williammcneil2045]

how do you make a small fortune, you start out with a large fortune :P

[@m......7984]

It’s betting on people that’s what it is throw money at an idea that might blow up

[@LiquidSwords89]

i thought there was 5 steps? you stopped at step 4

[@Tutkanator]

You said 5 steps but provided 4!

[@meowmeow1733]

04:11…..” because according to the SEC,….venture capital is less risky when there is a middleman, don’t ask questions”. So evil,….so true 😞🥃🥃🥃🥃🤡🤡🤡👿

[@dencia92]

I would love some advice, how can I sell a business idea? Where and how do I contact venture capitalists to pitch my idea ?

[@MrGruzefix]

To be frank, if you need to get info like that from KZbin, you're at least some years away from being at a place where you could even pitch a start-up. And you probably lack even basic understanding of the current state of the startup space. Not meant to insult you, just a friendly tip you are free to ignore. Right now VCs will only listen to you if you - have someone to offer a great intro to them somehow (Some C-Level person or well funded investor for example), -are in a hype market (which is usually not what average people are hyping now, but what they are going to hype in about 4 months, as you need to account for time to market, etc) - are already well financed or liquid and you just need scaling money. In general, you don't pitch ideas. You pitch a product/service and a vision for it. They'll make sure your path there is valid and even then they still likely won't invest. Right now the market is oversaturated and VCs are realizing lots of startups they have stakes in are pretty much already fucked, they just haven't run out of money yet, but the climate has shifted so much, most paths to envisioned success are no longer valid. So they gradually started looking for startups with short time to market periods and existing revenue streams so they can get money back earlier, as some of them are likely not going to be able to offload their startups anymore and they always knew a lot of them will never become profitable. They just hoped to scale them enough to offload them, before someone noticed. FTX, etc.

[@dencia92]

@@MrGruzefix thanks for the advice … no offence taken. But I probably shouldn’t have mentioned venture capital. To clarify, I want to ‘sell my idea ’ … not actually start the business… To be more specific, it’s an idea for an App. I would want to sell the idea along with the business plan

[@julissadc6303]

I am happy VC exists sometimes those are the only ones that will support an idea, and allow people without money to start their own business, I dont get all the hate in the comments if someone with money wants to help a business and get something in return

[@voidspirit111]

So, would you be ok with a VC that invested and pushed to bring to market a b2b app that said how much sugar and other chemicals to put in food so it kills ppl in exactly 20 years if they consume the products? Because it would be successful. You will have the conpany that makes the product profit from it, then you would have big pharma that benefits from it... I didn't want to go with a more exagersted example like apps for child kidnaping for humman trafficking or other dark stuff, that are in development by the way 😂

[@connorferguson2269]

"too many dollars, not enough sense."

[@Lucy-pz9ft]

I encourage everyone to boycott all wallstreet corporations and to divest from wallstreet. For the average American it's a loosing proposition and anyone who says otherwise is profiting from wallstreet and have an inherent desire take your money

[@michaelsmith4904]

What if you have a net worth of $1M but its all in your house? Does’t count. But… what if you sell your house, now you have a net worth of $1M … all in cash. Qualifies?

[@Daniel-ds5ld]

I’d rather buy stocks and real estate and sit down

[@camil0_uwu235]

They just throw money at things and sit back and watch people at work 😂 (sounds great ngl)

[@ExplicitPublishing]

This channel needs a clearer distinction throughout between ads and content to avoid misleading subscribers.

[@omosgod]

This is crazy cause we need more people on the planet next 30 / 40 years 😅😅😅

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

deja deja deja deja vu

[@michaziomek]

10 seconds in and im laughing already

[@112313]

The fake it till you make it mentality..? Yeah, its effing bullshit coz its a fricking scam.

[@alicianieto2822]

Varoufakis is quite right, whatever this bs is, it isn't capitalism anymore, it is some weird bankruatism

[@DoctorMindbender]

Money laundering ops.

[@aquavit]

Top-shelf gambling it is.

[@pokeraddict]

Money money money

[@omosgod]

A perfect balance then watch aba n preach

[@neanda]

it's funny that your video subject is actually anti your sponsor part

[@jkahgdkjhafgsd]

last few minutes' background music is tinnitus-inducing, had to skip

[@savagebeastking8703]

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