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The Level of Tolerance in Late Stage Growth Investing
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Late stage growth investors won't tolerate giving away a bunch of stock and will hold companies accountable like a public company that runs them off a cliff. The fast cycle time of creative destruction in free market capitalism has contributed to this level of tolerance.

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