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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? In the early days of every business the incumbents tend not to respond because you’re too small and insignificant.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. When I was graduated from university in 1991 it was only the really committed who eschewed the corporate world for creating tech startup businesses. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. Bottom of the sales funnel.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

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With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. Ramen profitable is good while you’re in search of a more scalable business model but is not sustainable for most companies in the long term.