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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. And while they increasingly use technology as a platform and/or a way of reaching and managing customers, most are in non-tech businesses (construction, retail, health care, lodging, food services, etc.). of the ~6 million companies in the U.S.

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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.