thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Or the boy in Detroit who becomes a software developer and creates an app to educate a child in the slums of Brazil. It could be the little girl in Iraq who grows up to be a scientist that makes the discovery which will one day save an American life.

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Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

You make elaborate plans for a product, hire a team of engineers to develop it (people who do this tend to use the term "engineer" for hackers), and then find after a year that youve spent two milliondollars to develop something no one wants. We never even considered that approach. VCs are slow tomake up their minds.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105