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

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Venture capitalists make high-risk investments and expect some of them to fail, and entrepreneurs who raise venture capital often draw salaries, he says.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

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In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. Keep salaries smaller, smaller smaller. Height has a pretty tight, normal distribution. Keep salaries smaller, smaller smaller. The ecosystem is just hard to beat.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. Options and future value are great ‘add ons’ but not for a welfare check salary until ‘this great idea makes it.’ The project was so low cost they did not even want to bother with it.