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chplushsieh on Jan 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Silicon Valley Needs Startup Drano

Startups take several years to exit.

So isn't it perfectly normal that it also takes several years for the total value of IPOs and acquisitions, i.e. money that flows out of startups, per year to catch up with the rising trend of total startup investment, i.e. money that flows into startups, per year?

runamok on Jan 15, 2017 [–]

Much more than a few years these days. So there should be at least a 3 to 5 year offset between comparing money in to money out.

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