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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. Pro Publica has a Nonprofit Explorer database searchable by principal name on all nonprofit filings, so you can see a person’s nonprofit activities. . the Untouched Vertical. TruthFinder and Intelius provide basic background vetting. The VC Software Stack?—?the

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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

Where are the charitable foundations, business schools and hospitals named after him? Sure one guy got kicked out – which could have been avoided if he ran company well enough to keep financial control – and the other hung in there and got institutions named after him. Yet you never hear who built that company. Who was he?

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supermac War Story 7: Rabbits Out of the Hat - Product Line Extensions

Steve Blank

In three and a half years SuperMac’s market share went from 11% to 68%, as we went from bankruptcy to $150 million in sales. The results spoke for themselves: Not one black-market board ever appeared, and the press was satisfied with our “customer value and product family” explanation.