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    • Quick Study - How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions - Stanford URL
    • Decision Analysis in Venture Capital - Stanford URL

    • Viewing Questions for "Decision Analysis in Venture Capital" (Clint Corver, Stanford)

      1. What are the two major frameworks Clint Korver says influenced both his investing and his life?
      2. Why did Korver become skeptical of traditional venture capital decision-making?
      3. What does Korver mean when he says venture capital is a “power law” business?
      4. How does Korver define decision analysis in practice?
      5. Why is uncertainty especially difficult in venture capital?
      6. According to Korver, what role does ego play in investing decisions?
      7. Why does Korver emphasize diversity in venture investing?
      8. What are the major steps in Ulu Ventures’ investment process?
      9. What is a “market map”?
      10. Why does Korver think entrepreneurs often misunderstand dilution?
      11. Why does Korver favor large portfolios instead of concentrated portfolios?
      12. What criticism does Korver make of the traditional VC belief that investors can reliably identify winners?
      13. Why does Ulu Ventures sometimes prefer investing more capital earlier?
      14. What is Ulu Ventures’ “learning system”?
      15. Why are feedback loops in venture capital “broken”?
      16. What lesson did Korver learn from his failed enterprise ventures?
      17. Why does Korver believe consumer investing is difficult?
      18. What does Korver say about data-driven investing versus intuition-driven investing?
      19. Do you think structured decision analysis can outperform intuition in venture capital? Why or why not?
      20. What is the biggest weakness of traditional venture capital that Korver identifies?
      21. Why might explicit probabilities improve decision-making?
      22. What idea from the lecture is most applicable outside venture capital?
      23. How does decision analysis help address cognitive bias?
      24. Why does Korver think many venture capital firms misunderstand portfolio math?
      25. What is the relationship between uncertainty and humility in Korver’s framework?
      26. How does Korver distinguish between “good process” and “good outcome”?
      27. Why is “telling the whole truth” strategically valuable in investing?
      28. What does this lecture suggest about the future of venture capital?

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