Table 5
Significant Exit Route and Performance Differences
 

BAs’
Mean

VCs’
Mean

BAs’
S/D

VCs’
S/D

P value

Potential exit routes present

2.88

2.19

 2.8

 2.2

<0.001

Annual rate of return initially expected on investment

29.9%

39.2%

24.2

13.4

 0.002

Annual rate of return now believe will realistically achieve on investment

26.8%

39.4%

37.2

25.9

 0.008

a The criteria were measured on a Likert Scale where 1 = very important; 5 = not important