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Sebastian Mallaby: What is venture capital good for?

Thoughts in Between: exploring how technology collides with politics, culture and society

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I Loved the Equity Culture

Dixon: I didn't realize that the structure of the financing of this company meant that actually, although the founders did fine, it was nothing like a modern structuring. The idea in the 19 fifties of paying giving the entrepones some upside, even if they were highly technical, highly qualified and highly impressive entrones, people just didn't do that. E, so the notion of equity for scientific founders was radical, disruptive and almost kind of impolite. Dixon: You ant to talk a little bit about. fairchild semi conductors, whichis amazing story of these genius scientists who, you know, kind o the traitorous a and m.

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