"It was a larger issue when the dot-coms were being subsidized" by venture capitalists, he said.
Initially, he said, traditional publishers were not interested in the short format, so Fatbrain started acting like a magazine publisher, commissioning short pieces for generous advances subsidized by venture capitalists.
One of the somewhat perverse joys (and arguably awful indulgences) of living in San Francisco is a lifestyle subsidized by venture capital.
All of that might seem like an obvious necessity for a delivery business, but it addresses concerns that on-demand models only work when they're subsidized by venture capital.
Oops! MIT's mass of statistics overlooked the fact that Internet prices were being subsidized by the venture capital and IPO money pouring into companies that were scrambling to "get big fast".
But that was a university-subsidized venture in an auditorium of just 680 seats.
Years later, skiing in France, she discovered mountains, and has since climbed Kilimanjaro, Rainier and Washington -- expensive ventures she subsidized entirely from her own earnings.
Over the next year, the battleground will be bloody with so many of these companies subsidizing rides with venture capital in an effort to reach critical mass -- a goal that might turn out to be a mere mirage.
Mr. Cass said Mr. Romney's answer was not to tax emissions, impose new regulations or subsidize clean energy ventures.
That contract, awarded by The 45th Space Wing of the Air Force, is the first direct agreement the U.S. Air Force has completed with a venture-backed orbital launch company that wasn't also being subsidized by billionaire owner-operators.
Charles Gwathmey built subsidized housing.
