The critical nature of the venture capital-entrepreneur relationship is emphasized by the 46.4% exponential growth rate of venture capital investments throughout the 1990s. It is that time in the venture capital cycle between the time the first stage funding is made and the venture capitalist...

We apply exploratory data analysis to some of the basic models of neoclassical computational finance. These include the portfolio selection algorithm of Markowitz, the capital market line of Sharpe, and the option pricing model of Black-Scholes-Merton. We demonstrate that the Markowitzian...