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Howard Marks on

venture capital

2 entries, 7 Sep 2025 to 7 Aug 2026

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      Marks states that 99% of startups and 90% of venture capital investments fail despite high return potential.

      “something like probably 99% of all startups fail, probably something like 90% of all the investments that venture capital funds make fail.”

      7 Sep 2025 · The Church Sag Harbor · 29:09 · source · permalink
    1. reported

      None of their investments became massive successes like Uber.

      “we did not have any of them become the next Uber or something massive,”

      7 Aug 2026 · Forbes · Boaz Sobrado · source

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