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

online.wsj.com

Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Business Services (B2B). General Internet. -

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Here’s the rub: in consumer internet (and often enterprise), if your founding team doesn’t have the chops to get a prototype of your product out and in the hands of a blogger to test and write about, you might as well save yourself a lot of pain – you’re not going anywhere. I don’t know any developers. I need money for the servers.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

I have also out of necessity adapted to the influence of the Internet, where horizontal logo alignment seems to rule. Now, lately, it has become entirely possible for me to twist my look, like a pretzel, into a webby Internet style. I joked that the Internet gods were saying they should have picked my design!

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It was becoming a business model destined to fail. If I wanted to continue living the lifestyle I had grown used to, I needed to start my own business! We admire, trust, and respect each other and have a great working chemistry. The company that employed us began putting profits above people and new sales above client retention.