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CU Boulder’s New Venture Challenge 10th Anniversary

Feld Thoughts

Anthony Shontz, managing director of Private Equity at Partners Group. The entire experience was foundational for me, both as an entrepreneur and an early angel investor (I started investing in 1994 after I sold my first company at the end of 1993.).

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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. Alex is a successful serial entrepreneur –with the same drive and energy of many we have known here in Silicon Valley, but different. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. of the ~6 million companies in the U.S.

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Is Your Start Up Idea Gold or Goop?

Austin Startup

A lot of entrepreneurs ask me to look at their business ideas since they know what I do for a living. A question that is obviously important to everyone except the tunnel-visioned entrepreneur who doesn’t value his equity. It cost $699 when launched back in 1993. Here’s a quick rule to help. It was also expensive.

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Is Your Start Up Idea Gold or Goop?

Austin Startup

A lot of entrepreneurs ask me to look at their business ideas since they know what I do for a living. A question that is obviously important to everyone except the tunnel-visioned entrepreneur who doesn’t value his equity. It cost $699 when launched back in 1993. Here’s a quick rule to help. It was also expensive.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

I know more than a dozen entrepreneurs who have spent a great deal of time and effort working on their respective businesses. The dozen or so entrepreneurs that I know enjoy those things I mentioned, yet still own their companies. It’s been said that nothing worth doing was ever easy. Probably not.