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venture

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UK /ˈventʃə(r)/US /ˈventʃər/
noun

a business project or activity, especially one that involves taking risks

verb

to go somewhere even though you know that it might be dangerous or unpleasant

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In fact, most of the venture capitalists that I talked to hadn't even heard of the internet—which sounds bizarre—on Sand Hill Road.

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