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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses. But you should.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

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but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). A few years before all this scandalous VC behavior occurred, in 2005 Paul Graham ) started Y Combinator. and no, we didn’t. Rise of Y Combinator, 1st Branded Entrepreneur Guild.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market.

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BloomNation: An Unconventional Startup Story

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We didn’t think of it […] for PR reasons,” says David, who adds that while they did have some initial funds, using the resource seemed like a no-brainer to the founders. Still, David admits their methods were highly unorthodox. “We Entering David into a poker tournament seemed like a natural course of action for the fledgling startup.

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Want to Blog for VC Cafe? We’re Hiring!

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We at VC Cafe have been putting the spotlight on Israeli innovation and VC investments in Israel since 2005, showing that there’s more news to Israel than just the conflict, and highlighting innovation , lessons learned and new opportunities. No PR firms or shameless self promoters will be accepted.

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