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 capitals so we are willing to take that risk and in fact half of what we invest in will lose our money and any bank wh
In our very risky businesses that could lose money for a long period of time as they go into business. Banks, unfortunately, our not in the business of doing that. We are willing to take that risk. Half of what we invest in, we will lose all of our money. Any bank will not be too excited about that venture. Host where does the original money come from you give to the companies . Scarlet we go out and raise money for my couple of different folks. University endowments are a big source of capital. If you look at Stanford University or yearly university, they have endowments, and that money goes to help subsidize the cost of the university. Large foundations, nonprofit foundations, like the ford foundation, for example. Or these companies are doing is trying to use venture as a way to drive a high rate of return in their portfolio. They are looking for us to generate Something Like 25 or 35 returns for their business. They have a large portfolio that might have stocks and bonds, and this
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 taking risk of losing their capital. We are willing to take that risk. About half of what we invest in we will lose all our money in. Any bank of you that idea to would not be to
To the united states. It has been a rocky few weeks ber, we will tell you what investors are watching. Robert mueller breaks his silence about the russia investigation. He said if he and other investigators had confidence the president not commit a crime, they would have said so. Mueller did have one last message about russian interference in the 2016 election. Reiteratingose by the central allegation of our indictments, that there were multiple, systematic, efforts to interfere in our election, and that allegation deserves the attention of every american. Discussoining us to are our guests. , we know there was interference in the 2016 election, though the president and others have downplayed it. What is the reaction to washing in washington to mueller underlining that point . There wasnt much new. He gave a fiveminute summary of his report. Hasing it directly from him shaken things up in washington, especially among democrats. We have seen an increase call from democrats to begin impe
Yesterday markets didnt hold on to the morning gains. The markets down for the fifth day in a row. You can see things picking up this morning with the dow futures up by 85 points. S p futures up by 11 and nasdaq up by 37. Flat yesterday . Down by about five points for the dow. Yeah. Lets tell you about some stocks to watch. Barely down but ended down for five days in a row. You know the dow is one thing. Comcast was up. I just happened to see it. Not that it matters. A couple of stocks to watch. Intel with better than expected Quarterly Results. Growth in its Data Center Business that helped offset demand for pcs that used the companys chips. Well talk to an analyst about all of that. Also netflix shares are up sharply. Company adding more subscribers than forecast in the latest quarter helped by overseas expansion and that stock rocketed yesterday afternoon and ebay nearing a deal to sell their Enterprise Business for about 900 million. Theyre lead by mara and sterling is in there and