Some Venture Investors Like to Draw Analogies Between Baseball Terms

question 69

Multiple Choice

Some venture investors like to draw analogies between baseball terms and venture performance. The baseball term used to reflect a total loss of an investment is:

• A)"home run"
• B)"single"
• C)"strikeout"
• D)"double"

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