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VentureBeat: Forbes Midas list: John Doerr edges Michael Moritz for No.1

  • ashah · 1 year ago
    The Midas List is a poor indicator of past, present, or future success of a service professional (venture investor, lawyer, headhunters, etc.)

    Mike Orsak from Worldview was on the Midas list for two years or so. Can anyone recall any of the companies that succeeded on his investment or involvement? The companies on whose boards he served all failed. Companies in which he invested struggled dealing with him and died from exhaustion. Can someone explain how he got on the list at all?

    Also consider his partner, James Wei who was on the list too. Their fund can't raise another dollar after abysmal returns. Worldview must have had one good PR firm to get these two on the Midas List.
  • Matt Marshall · 1 year ago
    Agree that there are serious methodology challenges to doing anything like this.