Venture capitalists love to talk about their pattern mapping abilities. "We add more value because we've seen so many companies go through all sorts of situations before and we can quickly map whatever's happening at your business to what we've seen in the past and leverage this experience."
But what's going on right now with early-stage company valuations suggests that VCs may be poor judges of at least some of these patterns. Or at least that they're incredibly human when it comes to estimating the likelihood of certain events actually happening.
To read the full, original article click on this link: The myth of VC pattern recognition - Term Sheet
Author: Seth Levine
