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Shark Tank Season 4 week 10 breakdown

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Season 4 of week 10 of Shark Tank was interesting because two of the pitches were for internet businesses that I could imagine seeing in my day job as a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalis t. I cover one of them, for Nearly Newlyweds, over at Entrepreneur.com. The other one was for a company that describes itself as Netflix for neckties.

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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. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Business Services (B2B). General Internet. -