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

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His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Connecticut. Connecticut. Replay the event. the previous year.

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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

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My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. We started franchising and slowly expanded from Fairfield County in Connecticut over to New York. I realized we were really taking off once we opened operations in the New York City and Long Island markets. Our goal setting journey that lead to a BHAG.