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How to Start a Startup

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If you work your way down the Forbes 400 making an x next to the name of each person with an MBA, youll learn something importantabout business school. Because so little money is involved, raising seedcapital is comparatively easy-- at least in the sense of getting aquick yes or no. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it.

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The Future of Web Startups

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The way to get really big returns is to do things that seem crazy, like starting a new search engine in 1998, or turning down a billion dollar acquisition offer. The greatest value of universities is not the brand name or perhaps even the classes so much as the people you meet. This has traditionally been a problem in venture funding.

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