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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. We could for example, find warning signs in popular literature about e.g. finance suggesting rapid maturation in bond trading. My own metric is that you need experience >= 1.5 Warning sign? Say 40 years = 20 years real direct experience. At best. ~

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Interview with eFounders

Cracking the Code

I began my career at McKinsey and when the Internet bubble burst in 2001, I made a shift towards online software (ASP at the time). They also need VCs capable of financing their entire life cycle — on average, SaaS startups raise between $80 and $100 million before an IPO.

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CIOs Are from Mars; CMOs Are from Venus: Seven Ways To Bridge The Great Divide

YoungUpstarts

Masterful execution makes up one of the triangle’s two vertical sides. (I Most C-suites and shareholders speak the language of the hard edge: metrics, analytics, logistics, strategies, and a well-defined and easy-to-see ROI. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.

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