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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. Warning sign? At best. ~ Is 20 years enough?

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. The startup scene is relatively young, however, which is partly due to some pretty fundamental cultural barriers. But these barriers are showing some wear and tear. The Startups.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. You should sign up for our newsletter here. Company : Wesabe.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

A recent study of online physician reviews found that 96% of complaints relate to customer service, and only 4% to quality of care. From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. Today, 77% of consumers say they use online reviews as the first step in finding a new physician.