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3 Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

Leading Blog

I personally blame my MIT classmate Aileen Lee, formerly with Kleiner Perkins, who coined the term Unicorn , a private company valued at over a billion dollars. He is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, and venture capitalist and founder of the startup accelerator Play Labs @ MIT.

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The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns

Harvard Business Review

By venture capitalists’ individual actions, they are limiting growth and innovation. Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. Challenging the venture community may seem like an attack, but actually this is a call from the future. But bear with me.