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So, scott cooper, what does a Venture Capitalist do . Basically what we do is we provide money to companies that are trying to grow and hopefully arbecome very Big Companies like facebook or google or apple someday and then if we are doing our jobs correctly we are also helping them grow the company so we dont work in the businesses but hopefully we can provide introductions to them and help them navigate new challenges as they go through the business so we like to think of ourselves as a money provider and hopefully a supporter as the business grows. Why cant a company such as a the one you describe go through a bank and do traditional avenues. Good question. The problem is most of the businesses we reinvest in our ricky businesses and lose money for a long period of time as they invest in banks are just not in the business of doing that or taking risk of losing their capita ....
Host so scott kupor, what does a Venture Capitalist do . Guest so basically what we do is we provide money to companies that are trying to grow and hopefully become very Big Companies like facebook or google or apple someday. If were doing our jobs correctly we are helping them grow the company so we dont work in the businesses but hopefully we can provide introductions, help navigate new challenges as they go through the business. We like to think of ourselves as a money provider and hopefully a supporter. Host why cant a company such as the ones you describe just go to a bank and go through traditional avenues . Guest its a good question. Most of the businesses we invest in our very risky businesses that will lose money for a long time as Investment Business and banks are not in the business of doing that or takin ....
Last night she said oh i feel so down when i feel left out so i, i turned around this for sure good monday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Carl is off today. With me, john fort, holding down the fort at post nine. Joining us also, the cofounder of aol ventures, now president at confide. A lot to get to in the tech sector. The markets are making up some of the losses from friday. We had steep declines on what was the second highest volume day of the year, the dow fell more than 350 points. Crude hovering around 34 a barrel which continue to be one of the leading stories in the market. Bob is on the floor with more. As we are counting down, bob, to the end of the trading year. Yes, and were up, and we should be up. The fed has made its decision. Options exploration is over. Were in a new oil contract. This is the seasonally strong period. Particularly the time when you pick up the beaten up stocks this year for possibly gains next year. The problem is this lower for longer theme is rea ....
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. David brooks is here. He is a columnist at the New York Times and a regular contributor to the newshour. Philosophyon moral at yale. Here is a recent appearance at the ted talks where he talked about eulogies and resumes. I have been thinking about this problem. The thing that helps me think about this is a rabbi who wrote a book called the lonely road faith. F he said there are 2 sides to our natures. The first is the world the external nature of us. The second is the humble side of our nature. Not only to do good, but to be good. To live in a way that honors god, creation, and possibility. Adam 1 wants to conquer the world. Adam 2 wants to hear a calling. Adam 1 asks how things work, adam 2 asks why. He argued that the two sides of our nature are at war with each other. We live in perpetual self confrontation. We live in a society that neglects adam 2. That turned you into ....
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. David brooks is here. He is a columnist at the New York Times and a regular contributor to the newshour. Recent appearance at the ted talks where he talked about eulogies and resumes. I have been thinking about this problem. The thing that helps me think about this is a rabbi who wrote a book called the lonely road of faith. He says there are two majors. The first is the world the external nature of us. The second is the humble side of our nature. Not only to do good, but to be good. To live in a way that honors god, creation, and possibility. Adam 1 wants to conquer the world. Adam 2 savers and her consistency. Nner consistency. He argued that the two sides of our nature are at war with each other. We live in perpetual self confrontation with external success and value. We live in a society that neglects adam 2. Animal. Ned you into an to become a cold and calculated creatu ....