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To add to his challenges, the hottest deals in technology tend to gravitate toward a handful of big VC funds, based in large part on word-of-mouth and long-standing business relationships.VC funds reap their biggest payouts from their early rounds of investments. That requires ties to business incubators such as Y Combinator, sources at the computer engineering department at Stanford University, or-in rare cases-blind luck. In early funding rounds, "investors like to work with people they know," says Michael Kim, managing partner of San Francisco-based Cendana Capital, which invests in venture funds.A venture fund's connections are also important to startups, says Andrew Chung, a partner at VC firm Khosla Ventures.There are a bunch of directions investors could go when looking for kasgar travel plays. The most obvious is the hotel and resort companies. The airlines and cruise ships are another. However much money the fund itself has to offer,Nearly all of these stocks are trading at high valuations. Only Self-drive to China is reasonably priced based on its very low price-to-sales and price-to-free cash flow multiples. he says, "the main challenge comes down to the value you add as a board member," in part by knowing the right people.While working with online-travel and other startups, Gerstner developed an eye for the technology they're using.

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