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How venture capital works

Can you really make money while doing good?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 25, 2017
How impact investors hope to change the world while profiting from it.
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Why female entrepreneurs get less funding than men

by Sally Herships
Oct 25, 2017
A study published in the Harvard Business Review looks at how investors view male and female entrepreneurs differently.
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Your pension fund could be invested in tech

by Kristin Schwab , Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Oct 19, 2017
The money pool comes from universities, government entities and ultimately, you.
Universities investing in venture capital use endowments — that thing that funds scholarships. Above, a student walks near Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Investors put $110 million into a sock company. No, really.

by Kai Ryssdal and Hayley Hershman
Oct 10, 2017
Stance is a venture capital-backed company that calls itself a “premium sock startup.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wears Stance Chewbacca socks while taking part in a panel at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in September in New York City.
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Rethinking tech funding could help solve the industry's problems

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 10, 2017
Venture capitalist Tim O'Reilly says his very industry needs to do better.
Employees of startup companies work at the offices of a business incubator in Washington, D.C.
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How venture capital works

Following the venture capital money trail

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Sep 7, 2017
The investments VCs make impact industries beyond Silicon Valley.
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How venture capital works

These words will help you understand venture capital

by Stephanie Hughes and Molly Wood
Sep 7, 2017
There's a whole vocabulary to learn.
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The Source Code: Steve Jurvetson

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Sep 7, 2017
The venture capitalist talks about the industry's mechanics and diversity problems.
Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, with Marketplace Tech host Molly Wood.
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Introducing the new voice of Marketplace Tech: Molly Wood

by Molly Wood
Aug 30, 2017
The show has been revamped with a new host and a new mission. Buckle your seat belts!
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What's growing in the Silicon Desert

by Ben Johnson and Clare Toeniskoetter
Jun 12, 2017
The startup scene is blossoming in Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix
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