Bessemer's Anti-Portfolio: Missed (great) investment opportunities(bvp.com)

11 pointsby jaed19 anni fa5 comments

Bessemer's Anti-Portfolio: Missed (great) investment opportunities

http://www.bvp.com/port/anti.asp

5 comments

dk19 anni fa

"Lotus and Compaq (formerly known as Gateway Computer)"

<scooby>Guhuh?</scooby>

mukund19 anni fa

O man , they did lose out by not able to understand the business model. Bad analysts? They must hire some fortune teller instead who could predict future of companies :-))

yaacovtp19 anni fa

Forget about the fact they passed on all those now valuable companies. Look at how much work it takes to raise money!

aston19 anni fa

Yeah, FedEx got the Heisman seven times. Pretty sick.

timg19 anni fa

I think that investors tend to forget how big of a drain they really can be to startups.