Misadventures in Venture Capitalism

Can you measure success by the opportunities you’ve blown? America’s oldest venture capital firm thinks so.

Bessemer Venture Partners, which has been betting on startups since 1911, has posted this anti-portfolio of once-fledgling companies they sent packing, including Apple, Google, eBay, Intel, and FedEx.

Maybe Dubner and Levitt can interest them in this new baby-name-consulting firm …