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

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NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. The 20-year venture capitalist is an "angel" investor in Mr. Dreymanns new start-up, Mowingo Inc., INTERNET BUSINESSES.

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Be Audacious, like Sophia Amoruso.

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In the So Cal startup ecosystem, most of the companies launched are “safe”, evolutionary extensions of current business models and features, enhancing existing business ideas around the world. Then she did something extremely audacious – named it Nasty Gal. People like this are required for L.A.