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After Your First Big Success, What’s Next?

Feld Thoughts

about the time I finished working for the company that bought mine) one of the options for consideration was to retire and move to Homer, Alaska. When Amy and I talked about “what’s next” when I was 29.5

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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. NAME David Cowan.

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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

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. I’m typing this on my brand new spiffy MacBook Pro 2.66 Final Thought.

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Angel Groups Panning for Gold

Professor VC

One of our stops was in Skagway, which became the biggest city in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. ProfessorVC just returned from an Alaskan vacation and was mortified to realize it was almost six months since the last blog post.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) Most Silicon Valley startups have great policies for having your dog at work but not your kids.) Long vacations. We would take at least a 3-week vacation every summer. Since my wife and I liked to hike we’d explore national parks around the U.S.