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Venture Capital - Silicon Valley Ponzi Scheme - Chamath Palihapitiya
MAK - Mudassir Akber Khan
A 13-minute clip from This Week in Startups in which Chamath Palihapitiya describes venture capital as a Ponzi-like scheme driven by fees and inflated valuations among VCs.
Cited in threads about startups, VC and private equity as an insider's description of how VC economics work, though commenters note he is self-serving.
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