Ryan SheridanFN455 Vignettes Write-Up
In the first vignette“The Case of the Unbalanced PorXXXXXX”, XXXX Dysart XXX is a senior partner XX Big Sur XXXXXXXX, is dealing with portfolio XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX problems. One XX his XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, Garth Greenlaw, XXX XXX hired in the 1990s, is being XXXX optimistic about his XXXXXXXXX, while Alec and the XXXX XX the XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX think he is XXXXXX XXX investment decisions. XX the same XXXX this was going XX, Alec Dysart was thinking XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX the XXXX’s portfolio XXXX balanced and less XXXXX. XXXXX XXX XXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX decisions XXXX require a XXXXXXXX XX thinking and will effect the future of the venture firm.
As the XXXXXXXXXX venture XXXX, Big Sur XXXXXXXX, has XXXXX over the years, XXXX XXXXXX, XXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX become XXXXXXXXX with the diversification XX their portfolio.“XXXXXX the XXXXXX of the XXXX 1990s, XXX Sur XXX invested heavily in the booming semiconductor XXX Internet XXXXXXX. By XXXXX XXXX, Dysart XXXXXX alarmed XX XXX concentration in XXX XXXXXXXXX. XX the top 10 XXXXXXXX, all XXX XXX were in XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXX all the companies had XXXX than $X million in annual revenues” (XXX Case XX XXX Unbalanced XXXXXXXXX). XXX, having all of your XXXXXXXXXXX in XXX XXXXXX, XXXX Big XXX XXX in the XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX comes XXXX increased risk, XXX XXX XXXXX that XXXXX can XXXX be XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX. Ideally, a XXXXX investments should XX XXXX XXXXXXX so that XXXX XXX XXXXXX XXX amount XX XXXX they XXX XXXXXX, while still receiving returns. XXXXXXX factor in this XXXXXXX is that all XX the partners should XX on the same XXXX XXX agreeing. So, in this XXXX XX this was my XXXXXXX, I XXXXX make XXXXX Greenlaw choose a XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXX XXXX or XXXXXXXXXXX, because he has obviously XXXXXX XXX success and XXXXXXXXX in the past and then he would have to back out of his other ones. This would XXXX the XXXX the ability to XXXXXXXXX XXX portfolio a slightly, while staying in the semiconductor industry and keeping all XX XXX XXXXXXXX satisfied.
XXX Sur XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX its XXXX and its XXXXX by investing in XXXXX XXXXX companies. As the XXXXXXX has XXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX options XX invest in XXXXXXXXX stage XXXXXXXXX. This XXXXX XXXX help XXXX XXXXXXXXX diversification, XXXXXXX having XXXXXXXXXXX in all XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX can XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXX risk. This XXXX can XXXXXX be reduced by having a balanced XXXXXXXXX. So, XXXXXX“constructed XXX extreme XXXXXXXXXXXX portfolios: XXX XXXXXXX XXXX Big Sur XXXXXXXX only in early stage deals; XXX other XXXX XXX firm XXXXXXXX XXXX in XXXXXXXXX raising XXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX an XXXXXXX public XXXXXXXX or a merger” (The XXXX of XXX Unbalanced Portfolio). Based XXXX XXX XXXXXXX in XXXXXXX 2, it XXXXX that if Big Sur Ventures switched over to XXXXXXXXX in XXXXX stage companies, that XXX firm would receive less returns, XXX XXX returns XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX and XXXXX would XX a decrease in risk. So, if XXXX XXX my XXXXXXX, I would do XXX XXXX thing XX above, XXXXX XX XXXXXX XXXX XX their XXXXXXXXXXX out of XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXX put them in XXXXX XXXXX companies XX reduce XXXX.
Decisions XXXXX a XXXXX XXXXXXXXX can basically determine XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXX, so XXXXX XXXXXX XXX be XXXXXXX and XXXXXXX XXXX of XXXXXXXXXX. Big XXX XXXXXXXX definitely needs to make XXXX XXXXXXX, in order to XXXXXX XXXXX XXXX and XXX all XX XXXXX partners on the same XXXX. I do XXX believe both of XXXXX changes XXXXXX XX XXXX XXX at once, XXX if XXXX XXXX time with lots XX research, their company should XXX plenty of XXXXXXX in the XXXXXX, XXXX the amount XX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX firm XXXXXXXX.