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Starting up down under: The guide to Australia’s growing startup scene

The Next Web

Secondly, because he had single-handedly managed to achieve something that my adopted startup hometown of London (despite a fair amount of wailing and hand-wringing) has not yet achieved; namely, an incredibly successful public flotation of a homegrown tech company listing on the local market. Companies to watch. 99designs.

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

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September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Domain Name/Basic Site. SMALL BUSINESS.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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First Name. Updated July 10, 2012, 7:57 p.m. About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Confirm Email.

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Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley’s Harmful Idea of Success

Austin Startup

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival.