finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

FORTUNE -- Its no secret that venture capitalists were hit hard by last decades dotcom bust, considering that median returns for 1998-2001 vintage funds are all underwater. Through 12/31/11, less than 66% of the fund-of-funds called capital had been returned to limited partners. Accel Partners VII (1999): 89% (74%).

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

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. NAME David Cowan.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 23, 2015

That night I met Dave Jilk, my first business partner and one of my best friends. I never knew what it was going to be, so I was always very excited when the blue Petcom check showed up at 351 Massachusetts Avenue in my mail cubby. My dad, a doctor, was a small partner in a bunch of real estate partnerships. via chartsbin.com.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

Drawing on traditions in the Latin American community, Julie and her partner are bringing to market a very specific product to address a very specific pain, and I believe she can build a very successful e-commerce business based on this idea. Photo by yirsh. Discuss.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. Massachusetts and NY states also have high numbers. So what can you do to get to the head of the venture capital investment queue? Investment firms specialize by business sectors, and each partner within the firm has a specialty.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 26, 2009

Amid the hoopla a few weeks ago at the annual NVCA meeting, where the focus was rightly on improving liquidity, it was barely noticed that a new chairman was elected – Polaris co-founder and managing general partner Terry McGuire, one of the leading life sciences investors in the industry.  3)      Life sciences.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 29, 2015

In addition to my venture capital and teaching activities, I co-chair the board of trustees at Facing History and Ourselves , an educational non-profit that trains educators how to teach pivotal moments in history (e.g., Context: Facing History and Ourselves. Before addressing these questions, I have to provide a little context.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Venture capital is one method of getting a company off the ground, but it’s not the only method. Venture capital is also not a guarantee of success. Venture capitalists invest in multiple companies because they know that not all of them will succeed. Myth #3: I need a partner. Really big.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2010

billion in venture capital funding in Q3 2010, representing a 14% decline in total funding amount compared to the previous quarter. A notable deal in the software vertical includes Israel-Massachusetts-based uTest ( CEO interview on VC Cafe ), who landed $13 million from Scale Venture Partners and others.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

According to Izhar Shay, a general partner at Canaan Partners, “The investment community has matured to recognize they need to plan for scale. headquarters, in Massachusetts, to immerse the team in the American market. “At One of the key lessons CyberArk learned is to partner with VCs in order to source top talent.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs. At HOF Capital , we are particularly interested in investing in companies with international roots. This is the first citywide program in the US that allows a city (New York) to retain and attract foreign entrepreneurs by offering access to uncapped H1B visas.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The latter is the domain of venture capital, but the former is what we need to build the foundation for Capitalism 2.0 From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. on a global scale.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 31, 2010

A group of 80 venture capitalists traveled to Boston to urge Senator John Kerry and Representative Barney Frank, Democrats of Massachusetts, to exclude their business from the tax change, according to Jeffrey Bussgang, a partner at the Boston venture capital firm Flybridge Capital Partners." Um.here's the problem.

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