
The Risk Of Being A Company Founder vs. The Risk Of Being A Venture Capitalist
Boris Wertz of Version One recently put the returns of his investment portfolio up for every one to see. In the comments, there’s a discussion of the risk profiles of Venture Capitalists and Company Founders. Wertz says: “I personally think that being a founder is the much, much harder job — we have a portfolio of companies, a founder only has one! Our losses are being more than outweighed by some of the winners, an option a founder doesn’t have. Venture Capital is definitely