Three fictional episodes expose less glamorous side of venture capital and the decisions that venture capitalists should do when their investments do not perform as planned. Three vignettes covering venture capitalists, who have to handle the company's portfolio of unsatisfactory and / or management problems, to evaluate an offer to buy the "forced sale" portfolio, and decide when to invest more money in the company's portfolio, which may have promise, but has failed to raise capital from other sources. "Hide
by John Glynn, Jr., Christopher S. Flanagan Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 7 pages. Publication Date: June 21, 2001. Prod. #: E93-PDF-ENG
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