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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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