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Venture Capital and U.S. Trade Competitiveness Karen G. Mills kmills@mmpgroupinc. com April 4, 2005 Council on Foreign Relations How Does Innovation Translate Into American Jobs?
Venture Capital and U.S. Trade Competitiveness Karen G. Mills [email protected] April 4, 2005 Council on Foreign Relations How Does Innovation Translate
Venture Capital and U.S. Trade Competitiveness Karen G. Mills
[email protected] April 4, 2005 Council on Foreign Relations
How Does Innovation Translate Into American Jobs?
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2 DISCOVERY How does innovation translate into American jobs?
Basic Research Invention Innovation CommercializationGrowth
BUSINESS FORMATIONJOB CREATION Growth Capital and Expertise Small
Business Entrepreneurship
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3 Each quarter the U.S. economy creates over 7 million jobs
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
Millions
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4 New jobs come from business expansions and from newly formed
firms Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
Millions
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5 The United States is losing manufacturing jobs Source: U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Year Millions
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6 Job losses and job creation are influenced by different
forces Job Creation New business openings Business expansions Small
business Venture backed businesses Job Losses Business Closures
Productivity Offshore transfers
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7 New firms and the expansion of small businesses create most
of the jobs Source: Small Business Administration; MMP Analysis
Percent of Total New Jobs Created by Firm Type 1991-2001 New
FirmsSmall Firm Expansion
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8 Entrepreneurs launch over 500,000 new firms annually Source:
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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9 Successful Venture Capital backed businesses have a large
economic impact 1970-2003 Venture Capitalists invested: -$340
billion invested -21,600 companies VC backed companies represent 9%
of total U.S. jobs and revenues -10.1 million jobs -1.8 trillion in
revenues
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10 Private Equity Bank Debt Personal Savings Corporate Profits
DISCOVERY Growth capital transforms innovation into commercial
enterprises and jobs R&D Funding University Support Government
Public Equity Public Debt Company Profits Reinvested Basic Research
Invention Innovation CommercializationGrowth BUSINESS FORMATIONJOB
CREATION
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11 Over $250 billion is currently in the hands of U.S. Venture
funds Capital Commitments to U.S. Venture Funds ($ Billions)
Source: NVCA Yearbook Capital Under Management U.S. Venture Funds
($ Billions)
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12 Venture Backed Growth 2000-2003 Percentage Change 12% 7% -2%
7% 5 pp 9 pp Sales Growth Job Growth Venture Capital backed
companies grow faster and create more jobs Source: National Venture
Capital Association; Global Insights study Venture Backed Total
U.S.Venture Backed Total U.S.
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13 This growth occurred in a number of important industries
Source: National Venture Capital Association; Global Insights study
Semiconductors Computer Hardware and Services Industrial/Energy
Business/Financial Communications Healthcare Services Retailing and
Media Healthcare Products Computer Software Biotechnology
Employment Growth at Venture Capital Backed Companies vs. Total by
Industry Sector (2000-2003)
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14 Venture capital funding spurs innovation more powerfully
than R&D * Innovation is measured by patent production Source:
Samuel Kortum and Josh Lerner, RAND Journal of Economics, Winter
2000 VC Spending as a percent of R&D (1983-1992) Percent of
Industrial Innovation* accounted for by VC Backed Firms (1983-1992)
Percent accounted for in 1999
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15 The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program had
similar results Source: J. Lerner, Harvard University and National
Bureau of Economic Research Note: The SBIR program provided $7
billion to small high technology firms between 1983 and 1997
17 Start up/Seed Early Stage Later Stage Growth Capital Mid
Market Buyout Large Buyout $3-10 mil$500+ mil$100-500 mil$50-100
mil$10-50 mil Average Investment $0-3 mil Venture Capital Private
equity now funds the growth of private companies at all sizes and
stages Buyout/Mezzanine
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18 Last year $57 billion was invested in Private Equity Source:
2004 NVCA Year Book
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19 Buyouts and Mezzanine Capital is also being used to grow
businesses Source: 2004 NVCA Year Book Other Private Equity Capital
Buyouts and Mezzanine Capital Venture Capital
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20 Institutions not individuals provide most of the funds
Source: 2004 NVCA Year Book
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21 Conclusion: Venture Capital and U.S. Trade Competitiveness
Americas spirit of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial capital and
expertise are important competitive assets Private equity is a
major new source of growth capital and expertise that did not exist
in this fashion 20 years ago This risk capital plays a
disproportionately important role in driving economic growth
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22 Karen Gordon Mills Karen Gordon Mills was a Founder and
Managing Director of Solera Capital, a private equity fund based in
New York City. She has been in the industry since 1983 and is an
expert in investing and growing companies in traditional U.S. based
industries such as food, textiles, media and industrial components.
Some of these companies and brands include Telex Communications,
Mrs. Fields Cookies, Bruce Hardwood Floors and Annies Macaroni and
Cheese. Her background also includes consulting for McKinsey &
Co. and product management at General Foods. Ms. Mills received her
A.B. from Harvard University in Economics in 1975 and her MBA from
Harvard Business School in 1977, where she was a Baker Scholar. She
currently serves on the Boards of the Scotts Company and Arrow
Electronics and is Vice-Chair of the Harvard Overseers.