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Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out

Harvard Business Review

It is incredibly hard to hold an IPO. But analysts are judging EBITDA, P/E ratios, quarterly growth, and cashflows – which don’t always correlate with long-term value creation. Ultimately, high-risk venture capital investors need to be rewarded, ideally with high returns, for an ecosystem of innovation to be sustainable.