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5 Reasons Investors Should Keep Their Eyes On Omaha, Nebraska

YoungUpstarts

by Mark Hasebroock, Founder and Managing Partner, Dundee Venture Capital. Here’s a word association game: what do you think of when you hear “Omaha, Nebraska”? raising over $150M in venture capital for the two from the likes of Sequoia Capital and Insight Venture Partners.

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Ending the Toll Roads to LP Fundraising

This is going to be BIG.

Picture this: Your family builds a tremendous business in Nebraska over four generations making black socks. Unlike a venture capital firm that states its criteria on its website and has forms, e-mail addresses, etc to encourage outreach, your site does a lot better job of saying "Go away!". remember Woody Harrelson on Cheers?

LP 97
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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.” More than 50 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Texas and six of the Fortune 50.

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

online.wsj.com

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.