http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/02/05/venrocks-bryan-roberts-shakeout-is-coming-to-vcs-not-just-companies/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/02/05/venrocks-bryan-roberts-shakeout-is-coming-to-vcs-not-just-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-48774 Brent Frei Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:15:21 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=11645#comment-48774 I'm a big believer in the Darwinian benefits of down-drafts in the economy. In the long run, they strengthen the over all business community by thinning the weak and diseased from the herd. Sure, some good companies get caught in the culling, but there is no better time to double down on good businesses. I recently reflected on that point when another Dartmouth alum venture investor Matt McIllwain and I re-upped into Smartsheet. http://www.smartsheet.com/blog/brent-frei/value-investing-answer-invest-yourself I haven't seen Bryan much since college, but I have no doubt he'll be leading the winners when the economy recovers. I’m a big believer in the Darwinian benefits of down-drafts in the economy. In the long run, they strengthen the over all business community by thinning the weak and diseased from the herd. Sure, some good companies get caught in the culling, but there is no better time to double down on good businesses. I recently reflected on that point when another Dartmouth alum venture investor Matt McIllwain and I re-upped into Smartsheet.
http://www.smartsheet.com/blog/brent-frei/value-investing-answer-invest-yourself
I haven’t seen Bryan much since college, but I have no doubt he’ll be leading the winners when the economy recovers.

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