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A Boom Time for Education Start-Ups | Chronicle of Higher Education | #Edtech #hackedu

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From DeSantis : Investments in education-technology companies nationwide tripled in the last decade, shooting up to $429-million in 2011 from $146-million in 2002, according to the Na­tional Venture Capital Association. And Courseload, the Indiana-based digital-textbook enterprise.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. Replay the event. the previous year.