A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

For the institutional investor, it’s a set of bets. Even so, venture capital has a horrible record in the past ten years — most funds don’t make good money. What’s the secret to manufacturing this combination of foresight, timing, and financing?

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Smart Bear Live 5: Dan from SyncBloc.com with Mark Suster

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

of companies should never raise venture capital. Venture capital, it’s a very particular industry. Venture capitalists are raising money from other investors, institutional investors who expect certain returns from us. Let me say this to you. 99%, maybe 99.8%