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Sessions @ The Leonardo with Vinod Khosla

Bryce Dot VC

If you’re not familiar with what The Leonardo is, I’d encourage you to take a look, get a membership and begin to throw some support their way as I believe they will be the cultural center of gravity for tech, art and science here in Utah. We’ve set up an RSVP system for the event and space is extremely limited.

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

online.wsj.com

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., "Were just getting more light on the entrepreneurial process," he says. Comcast Corp.,

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

Another group, launched just before or after 2000, were stable enough to succeed while newer companies like Salesforce (1999), Google (1998), Twitter (2006), and Yelp (2004) have taken off like jackrabbits. Utah Mining and Construction are long gone. Crocker is gone, as are San Francisco-based shipping companies.