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Jiang's venture-capital analogy says the desperate, all-in company is a better high-reward investment than the comfortable incumbent with many successful businesses.
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Venture Capital
Jiang's venture-capital analogy says the desperate, all-in company is a better high-reward investment than the comfortable incumbent with many successful businesses.
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Harvard and Yale operate like venture capital firms: they prefer risky applicants with possible world-changing upside over solid applicants with predictable modest success.
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"The last thing is that it is resilient. Meaning that it is willing to accept casualties. Okay? So basically, the idea here is the..."
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"I don't have a business plan, but I have lots and lots of resources and I have a lot of experience and a lot..."
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"But if you're a smart venture capitalist, you put your money in B because it's high reward. Okay? So, Company A already has 100..."
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"...on, okay? All right. So, Harvard is, first and foremost, a venture capital firm, okay? Your investment firm. So, let's pretend you're a venture..."
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"So, option one is, low risk, really good plan, solid returns, $500,000 a year, okay? Option two is, concept, vague idea, I have absolutely..."
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"We forget everyone else. Okay? That's the Harvard mentality. And that's why they're the most famous university in the world, because they're looking to..."
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"...Does that make sense? That's how they think, because they're a venture capital firm. They're looking for the riskiest investment with the best possible..."
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