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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return. But they are too small in size and too few in number to make up for the vast majority of funds that fail to generate attractive returns (or any returns) for investors. LPs pay VCs like asset managers, not investors.

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Americans Haven’t Saved Enough for Retirement. What Are We Going to Do About It?

Harvard Business Review

Each year, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, sends a much-anticipated letter to leading CEOs. For 401(k)s to be effective, for example, contributions must be made consistently throughout a worker’s career. Phil Ashley/Getty Images. In practice, people tend to make contributions sporadically.