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

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Advertising. The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann.

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Blitzscaling Beyond Startups

Reid Hoffman

This loyalty can be based on brand loyalty (the classic approach taken by consumer goods), habit and convenience (Amazon is the example par excellence), or legal enforcement (the winners in the shale oil and gas boom relied on signing long-term leases on the mineral rights of key areas such as Bakken Formation in Montana and North Dakota).

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