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		kumarski on Jan 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One year, one lab, 16 spinouts George Church has put his name on a ton of questionable ventures over the past 5 years. People in the know in biotech double check any deal with his name on it.

geochurch on Jan 1, 2020 [–]

People in the know double check every deal, period. "three-quarters of venture-backed firms in the U.S. don't return investors' capital" (WSJ). Is "ton of questionable" more or less than 75% ? Or what other metric?

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