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My First, Failed Foray into Venture Investing

Harvard Business Review

I was so confident in her idea that I convinced my former university professor husband to act as COO for the start-up, and we invested not only encouragement, but cash. And because my husband and I were the providers of working capital, I had the luxury of being cavalier. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money.