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Excellent article by VC Fred Wilson on why venture
backed companies fail. Some select quotes include:
So why do venture investments fail? Well if I look at the ones I’ve been involved in...
Forbe's is running a contest that will give one small business $100,000 in capital. It will choose the winner based on a 500 word business plan that users can submit to the site. Good luck!
VC Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures discusses his failure rate over 17 years of investments and 32 deals. The summary:
5x or greater – 11 deals – average 10.2x
1x to 5x – 7 deals...
Some tips on how to build a start-up that will get acquired by Google. I heard these guys didn't make the much. Do you really want to create a start-up just to get bought out? Unless the buy-out...
Bekow is a list of the 10 keys to the success of the New England Patriots. There are many lessons for operating a company in watching the Pats manage their team.
The MoneyTree report on Venture Capital issued today shows a relatively robust funding environment for many seed and early stage companies, with the Internet being a surprising exception....
Congress is getting ready to pass patent reform that may have negative consequences for smaller inventors and patent filers. Personally, I don't put much weight in patents. They take time to get...
Five people who have at least a million dollars in liquid assets share the secrets that helped them get there.
There are really no secrets, but it's interesting to read the history of these...
The list is ranked by annual turnover. Many probably know the top ones like Mark Zuckerberg, 23, of Facebook and Chad Hurley, 30, of YouTube.
The youngest is Ashley Qualls, 17, of What ever...
Article that describes what many Boston entrepreneurs know, Boston VCs aren't in the consumer game. If your consumer company already has a million customers and is well on its way to profitability...
Peter Thiel one of the founders of PayPal has turned his attention to the Founder's Fund, a VC that seems more entrepreneur oriented than other VCs.
VCs in general are under tremendous...
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