Will startups lose out if appetite for risk-taking continues to fade?

In this week’s column, Kehlan Kirwan writes on Silicon Valley and VCs and asks whether startups will lose out if the appetite for risk-taking continues to fade. There are signs some companies are getting bigger slices of the pie.    

Las Vegas is all glitz and no glamour. Sure, when you look at from a distance it looks fantastic. The bright lights and of course the promise of big money and fortune-making. Delve deeper and you realise that things are not so sparkly.

The underbelly is exposed with the tiniest of scratches. That city is a great tribute to the American dream that anything is possible and that there is no reward without risk.