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		logicallee on May 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Startups Fail to Attract Expected Crowd of Sm... Why do you say it would be high-risk?

badloginagain on May 19, 2017 [–]

Early stage startups are high-risk, due to how many early stage startups fail. A collection of early stage startups inherits the risk.

Basically you're hoping that a single success covers the losses of the failed startups in its cohort.

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