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Shark Tank Season 4 week 10 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The two founders are attorneys in Mobile, Alabama, who found themselves wearing the same ties over and over again, and wanted to find a way to expand their wardrobe. Both of these are things that the company can hire experts out of the beverage industry to do. I cover one of them, for Nearly Newlyweds, over at Entrepreneur.com.

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

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Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. BUSINESS REAL ESTATE. - Home Based Businesses. Subscriber Content Read Preview.