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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. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes willbe to relax and go back to writing code. They were helpful in negotiating deals, for example.

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The Evolving Economics of the App

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