# Professor Aswath Damodaran's blog post on private investors in tech companies is highlighted

1 Faculty News November 19, 2015 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/19/markets-saft-idUSL1N13E1GZ20151119) -- "'There is also the very real concern that some venture capitalists who believe that they are protected from downside risk (even if that belief is misplaced) may be inclined to take reckless risks in investing,' \[[Damodaran](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran)\] wrote."

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