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How to Avoid Being Part of 90% of Failed Companies

ReadWriteStart

The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. Choosing the wrong team or not including potential partners. In addition to this, CB Insights points out that, in some cases, the company founder indicated that it was a mistake not to have chosen a better partner to balance out a team.

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Micro VC’s and Super Angels Two Years Later – Looking Back and Some Predictions for the Future

Rob Go

Here’s my take on the state of things as they stand at the end of 2012. THE DEDICATED SEED STRATEGY CONTINUES TO HAVE STRONG BENEFITS. I call “dedicated seed funds” ones that at their core, make seed investments. These are not funds that “do seeds but pile in on the winners”. Partner Time.