article thumbnail

Strategy Roundtable: How To Use Twitter For Lead Generation

ReadWriteStart

Also at today's roundtable, Sharon Wood from Ridgefield, Connecticut, presented Stone Creek Entertainment's Karizmac games , a casual gaming company for the female demographic. Most important, Sharon has created a good business model for attracting sponsors who help fund the development and marketing of games on a revenue-sharing basis.

article thumbnail

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

online.wsj.com

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Connecticut. Connecticut. Agriculture. Communications. Electric, Gas, Water, Sanitary Svcs. California.

article thumbnail

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Jones This is roughly how I bootstrapped my current startup (just raised a decent series B so things seem to be on the right track). I’m never approached as a partner but, instead, get this spiel about “bootstrapping&# and “seeking funding&# and something about an exciting new project I could learn a lot of stuff doing.