He had dismissed the allegations, incidentally, as "an inverted pyramid of piffle".

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Some firms, most notably Andreessen Horowitz, challenge the traditional inverted pyramid model in VC, instead offering a legion of operational support in addition to the general partners.

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After that there were lectures about definition of news, principles of news writing, the concept of Inverted Pyramid in news writing , the principles of 5 W's and one H.

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American competition law resembles an inverted pyramid.

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We call it an inverted pyramid.

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