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The Future of Funding: Part 4

Venture Socialism The Future of Funding: Part 4 Aaron Mayer 7 min read · May 8, 2020 -- 2 Listen Share In this series , we’ve tried to determine a funding model that best suits the needs of young entrepreneurs from the bottom up. During the exploration, we’ve seen that relying on venture capital may not be the best option for founders. VC funding comes at a significant cost to the company’s future value, and while it’s true that VCs take on a fair bit of risk to invest in companies, they are only able to do so because of their established wealth. What’s worse, VC leads to a culture in which a

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