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Avoid startup failure – Don’t make these 7 mistakes

The Next Web

Through my years of involvement in the startup community, I’ve encountered a variety of pitfalls and mistakes including negative partnerships, overbuilt products, and poor marketing tactics. Constructive criticism from experienced members of the startup community will keep you in line. This could even be your business partner.

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Astranis to Bring High-Speed Internet to the Remotest Corners of the Earth

ReadWriteStart

To address this issue, space-based internet startup Astranis has partnered with satellite services provider Orbits Corp to launch and operate a dedicated satellite for the Philippines. Astranis differentiates itself from other satellite internet providers by partnering with local telecommunications and internet service providers.

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

There's been a real sense of community built in the company that I think has been helpful in getting everybody through. We've just been doing our first tests in Florida and doing our first delivery to Alaska as well. We've kind of built a COVID testing family here with everybody working 16-hour days and eating all our meals together.

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

online.wsj.com

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., and Verizon Communications Inc. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Communications. Journal Community.

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Hanging Out In Pioneer Square

Feld Thoughts

We are significant LPs in the fund and my partner Lindel is joining the PSL advisory board. I had become comfortable with Seattle the city, Amy and I were spending more time at our house in Alaska (so Seattle was occasionally a stop on the way to Alaska), and I’d started to enjoy the rain.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

It was this same high-minded collective action that created a network of publicly owned hospitals – controlled by cities, counties, districts, boroughs (in Alaska), parishes (in Louisiana), etc. Second, the Board can usually avoid a public vote or referendum by leasing to a new partner, something politicians fear. Capital Solutions.

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Q318 Staycation: Resting, Reading, and Little Running

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I were originally going to Alaska to look at polar bears but canceled everything after I got sick and did a staycation in Boulder instead. I took last week off the grid for my Q318 vacation. With her job answering fan mail for a teen magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery.

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