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Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures

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billion in venture funding in 2017—a healthy number but still just a small fraction of the $85 billion raised overall. She views failure due to negligence or poor ethics as totally within her control, and is comfortable with the idea of failure for other reasons. According to PitchBook, female-founded startups raised $10.5

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Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures

Brown Advisory

billion in venture funding in 2017—a healthy number but still just a small fraction of the $85 billion raised overall. She views failure due to negligence or poor ethics as totally within her control, and is comfortable with the idea of failure for other reasons. According to PitchBook, female-founded startups raised $10.5

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

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Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well. KHC’s share price has fallen from a high of over $90 per share in 2017 to about $30 recently. He communicates to them what he would tell anyone who has a large investment in the company.

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well. KHC’s share price has fallen from a high of over $90 per share in 2017 to about $30 recently. He communicates to them what he would tell anyone who has a large investment in the company.

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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting achen Mon, 06/12/2017 - 15:11 Thousands of people come to Omaha each spring for the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders’ meeting to hear the insights of Warren Buffett and Charles Munger, Buffett’s longtime business partner. annualized compared with 6.9%

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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting. Mon, 06/12/2017 - 15:11. Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. annualized compared with 6.9% Index Fund Investing Versus Berkshire (or Active Management).

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Transcript: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

So I moved to Zurich in 2009 and I left Bain in 2017. You join in 2017 after you had been a consultant for Bain and Company for 19 years. Barry Ritholtz : So you moved to Swiss Re in 2017 as head of private equity. I think it was just the way it was communicated, right. What was the view like from, from Zurich?

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