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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

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VENTURE CAPITAL. ENTREPRENEURS. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

It’s one of the reasons sites like Fortune, Entrepreneur, Inc and Forbes spend a large majority of their content creation time filled with stories of startups, new companies and “the next big thing.” All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

It’s one of the reasons sites like Fortune, Entrepreneur, Inc and Forbes spend a large majority of their content creation time filled with stories of startups, new companies and “the next big thing.” All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital.

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The Enterprise Strikes Back

BeyondVC

And with that, VC money poured into every category imaginable as every VC and entrepreneur scrambled to create a new system of record…until there were no more new systems of record to be created. It’s true that Salesforce and Workday have created some of the biggest returns in recent enterprise memory. PCF is sold on a subscription basis.

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$43.2 Million That Can Help You

Growthink Blog

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. This video explains more. read more.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

After Goldman, ran startup Gadgetoff, which brought together inventors and entrepreneurs. LYONS: You have to encourage companies to pay attention to these entrepreneurs. Packaged platforms (Force.com/EC2/Azure) are much more likely to succeed than a pure infrastructure play. Java/Azure appliances will come in.

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The Startup Pivot

Reid Hoffman

Microsoft went from MS-DOS to Windows to Office to many new reinventions, including Azure. Part of the reason I encourage entrepreneurs to discuss their ideas with as many smart people as possible is because sometimes that clarity of thought can come from an entirely different field or industry. PIVOTING AN ESTABLISHED COMPANY.

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