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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., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. For Twitter Founder, Its Hip to Be Square Inc. Replay the event. a service for minimizing spam. the previous year. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based