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

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How to Fund a Startup

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I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. A big-name VC firm will not screwyou too outrageously, because other founders would avoid them ifword got out. Thats where the name"incubator" comes from.

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The Evolving Economics of the App

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