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This data somewhat contradicts that however, as it says unequal shares are correlated with higher initial funding valuations (obviously that's not a perfect met
by technotony 13y ago
This data somewhat contradicts that however, as it says unequal shares are correlated with higher initial funding valuations (obviously that's not a perfect metric)
http://siepr.stanford.edu/system/files/shared/pubs/hellmann%20and%20wasserman%20-%20nber%20working%20paper%20-%20'first%20deal'.pdf http://siepr.stanford.edu/system/files/shared/pubs/hellmann%...
I'd really like to see the data which suggests equal shares lead to better success outcomes (maybe YC has this?).
- tptacek 13y agoMy guess is that the numbers would swing sharply in the other direction if the study accounted for survivorship bias.