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So you want to be a venture capitalist?

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, pages 1195–1196 (2008)Cite this article

Venture capitalists have a key role in the translation of scientific innovation from idea to commercial reality.

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  1. Jason Brown is at Thomas, McNerney & Partners, 150 Spear Street, Suite 1050, San Francisco, California 94105, USA. jbrown@tm-partners.com ,

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Brown, J. So you want to be a venture capitalist?. Nat Biotechnol 26, 1195–1196 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1008-1195

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