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

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This seems to be occurring more and more. Board Control.

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Business Week Report on “Radical Future of R&D” Misses Critical Capital Markets Link in Innovation Ecosystem

Pascal's View

Unfortunately, Mr. Slywotzky makes an important assertion about venture capital that is incorrect. business model is broken. business model that drives job growth in emerging growth companies is IPOs. But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. The pipeline is dry because the U.S.

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