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

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.

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After Your First Big Success, What’s Next?

Feld Thoughts

As exits have been flowing nicely again the past few years, many of the entrepreneurs I work with have experienced their first big exit. I had my first exit when I sold my first company (Feld Technologies) at age 28. ” You now can do whatever you want with the rest of your life. To me, that’s the real grand victory.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents. Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) As a single entrepreneur I had a philosophy of, “ I live to work ” – nothing was more exciting or important than my job. Being in a startup and having a successful relationship and family was very hard work.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

And I remember staying in everything from little motels to big hotels and resorts, from National parks in Alaska to trips in India. She said, “Dad what I meant was that growing up we loved when we traveled. And as kids we never had any idea which was cheap and which was expensive. Now that I’m older, I’m starting to know what things cost.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. m the f%*kin’ boss.”.

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