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

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.

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How Sproutbox Accelerator Helps Its Companies to Succeed

David Teten

Strong connections to a top university (in our case, Indiana University), are an invaluable asset in creating a talent pipeline for portfolio companies. I’ve heard great things about the First Round Capital methodology and technology that encourages support between portfolio companies. Thanks again! Brad Wisler.

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How Sproutbox Accelerator Helps Its Companies to Succeed

David Teten

Strong connections to a top university (in our case, Indiana University), are an invaluable asset in creating a talent pipeline for portfolio companies. I’ve heard great things about the First Round Capital methodology and technology that encourages support between portfolio companies. Thanks again! Brad Wisler.

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Unfortunately, it turned out visitors to NY from Colorado and Indiana, the two states we were traveling from, needed to quarantine for 10 days when they got to NY. Foundry did a great job of getting everyone’s attention for a few hours every day, for more days than a normal in-person conference Plan your technology.

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Zoomsites

OnlyOnce

Unfortunately, it turned out visitors to NY from Colorado and Indiana, the two states we were traveling from, needed to quarantine for 10 days when they got to NY. Foundry did a great job of getting everyone’s attention for a few hours every day, for more days than a normal in-person conference Plan your technology.

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A Boom Time for Education Start-Ups | Chronicle of Higher Education | #Edtech #hackedu

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Nick DeSantis of the Chronicle of Higher Education writes about the incredible surge in investing in education technology start-ups. The boom really took off in 2009, when venture capitalists pushed $150-million more into education-technology firms than they did in the previous year, even as the economy sank into recession.

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