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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

Did I mention it only took the founder a month? David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. There is no fork.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

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4:32 pm on September 3, 2009 Reply Tags: business (100) Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. § [.]. link] Finance Geek » Mistakes that startups make. [.] Finding cofounders is a biggy, and because 99.9% link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? Completely agree with the post. Watson. [.]

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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. I’ve seen many founders not fully grasp how the venture capital business works and what incentives investors have.

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