Johannes

Opinion

March 12, 2025

We need to rethink VC for the long-term

The baseline components of the VC model have not evolved at all since venture capital came to life almost 100 years ago

It is really hard to make people in VC and startup land think about the future. At least beyond the immediate future. Economist John Maynard Keynes said it poignantly almost 100 years ago: ‘In the long run, we are all dead.’ So, who cares? 

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