That Thing Venture Capitalists Do
That Thing Venture Capitalists Do
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风险投资家所做的事
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1997
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通讯作者：
Mitchell Berlin
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作者：
R. Voith;C. Do;Mitchell Berlin
经济繁荣的一个关键是，有前途的新产品和新技术能够很容易地被识别、开发出来，并引起消费者和使用它们的公司的注意。但是，没有一个单一的蓝图或框架来指导一个想法从一开始作为一个灯泡在一个发明家的头上，以其最终的目的地装配线，药店，或桌面。风险投资行业就是这样一个框架，它是美国金融体系的独特贡献，尽管它越来越多地被世界各地复制。近年来，风险投资在一些最著名的成功案例中扮演了核心角色--微软、基因技术公司和联邦快递，仅举几例--使该行业成为头条新闻。尽管几乎每个人都知道风险投资这个词，但没有多少人确切地知道风险投资家是做什么的：他们如何识别具有有前途的新想法的企业家？他们为这些创业者提供什么样的服务？他们在帮助企业家获得资金方面发挥了什么作用？
One key to economic prosperity is the ease with which promising new goods and technologies are identified, developed, and brought to the attention of the consumers and firms that use them. But there is no single blueprint or framework for guiding an idea from its beginning as a lightbulb over an inventor's head to its ultimate destination—the assembly line, drugstore, or desktop. One such framework, the venture capital industry, is a unique contribution of the U.S. financial system, although one that is increasingly being copied around the world. The central role of venture capital in some of the best known success stories of recent years— Microsoft, Genentech, and Federal Express, to name just a few—has put the industry in the headlines. Although just about everyone knows the term venture capital, not many people know precisely what venture capitalists do: How do they identify entrepreneurs with promising new ideas? What kinds of services do they provide to these entrepreneurs? What role do they play in helping entrepreneurs secure funds?