Mean, Median, and the Trouble with “There’s No Angel Money”

Brad Feld at Foundry Ventures has up a superb post on the trouble with the way people collect and analyze venture data. Among other things, it biases people to believe that little angel is investing is being done, which is simply untrue. At core, this is about statistical blinkers, with most analysts not understanding the difference between means and medians, as well as wanting to believe a few impossible venture-related things before breakfast.

Read the whole thing.

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