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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

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In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Others can help provide feedback on your differentiation or competition.

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Which language should my startup use?

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« Launch48 last weekend Posted by Aidan, 20 th January 2010. Whilst technically there are some interesting differentiators between Django and Rails, there are only a few key differences worth considering. on February 1, 2010 Another criterion I use is: What is the size of the developer pool? web applications. XML sitemap.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ยป.