# Professor Jeffrey Carr shares his views on venture capital firm Village Capital's peer-selection business model

1 Faculty News November 1, 2016 ![OZY logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/ozy192x144.jpg?itok=GNkYVaPM)>

Excerpt from [OZY](http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-young-venture-capitalist-betting-big-on-middle-america/72080) -- "Simply because someone started a successful company in a certain industry does not mean that they can replicate that, or that they can identify it in somebody else.'"

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