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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. We got the round done with some great names around the table--Jason Calacanis, Chris Sacca, and General Catalyst. Venture Capital & Technology' I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004.

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

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NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. COMPANY AOL COMPANY|AOL. Ghoshs research.

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Transcript from my GrowVC interview

A Crowded Space

I’m your host, Marcus, and today we’re talking to Josh Breinlinger, who currently works as a senior associate at Sigma Partners, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park. So my name’s Josh Breinlinger. I think on the plus side, really the biggest surprise is how much you learn in venture capital.