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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

Of course as a non-Korean I can only generalize but when it was my turn I told her my experience of living in Europe and Japan where failure seemed less tolerated than my experience of living in California and working in the tech sector. Perhaps that’s changed in the decade since I left but that was my experience when I lived there.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. Another prominent CEO was on the verge of both company & personal bankruptcy when we had lunch. He and his family had guaranteed a personal loan on the company.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5%

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The New Middle Ages

YoungUpstarts

It is as if the superrich are like the new royalty and the top 1% are living in mansions like the old castles of kings in the kingdoms that eventually melded into Europe and the U.K.

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Jason Colodne of Colbeck Capital Interviews Energy Ventures Analysis’ Emily Medine

The Startup Magazine

She is known for her expertise in bankruptcy support, contract negotiation, procurement audits, investment analysis, and in-depth strategic studies. While we are seeing places such as the United States and Europe decrease demand, developing countries in Asia represent a rising annual demand. Last year, there were about 1.5

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Pivot Now is Less Painful Than Turnaround Later

Startup Professionals Musings

If these challenges can’t be resolved by the existing team with “course corrections” or “pivots,” an investor will often bring in an experienced CEO to tackle the turnaround before or after bankruptcy. Fully staffed entities were also established in a number of countries in both Western and Eastern Europe.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

It is always so cool to run marketing campaigns in large homogenous markets (like Europe, Asia, or large chunks of the US). Dippin' Dots crossed five million Facebook Fans a couple of days before they filed for bankruptcy in Nov 2011. They were recently rescued from bankruptcy, no not by their Facebook fans. :)).

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