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Mark Green: “The key difference between a private venture capitalist and a government venture capitalist is that the private venture…”

On the recordJune 18, 2012
The key difference between a private venture capitalist and a government venture capitalist is that the private venture capitalist loses their own money...
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Mark Green
Republican · Tennessee

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Green explains the lack of accountability in government investments compared to private venture capital.

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