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Shark Tank Season 4 week 10 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

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. With a 15% churn rate, that suggests about $7 in lifetime value. I cover one of them, for Nearly Newlyweds, over at Entrepreneur.com.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). How can we attract attention from investors and press in silicon valley without moving there?

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

4- Reduce churn rate by half. My big hairy audacious goal for my business by the end of this year is to reduce our churn rate by half. You see like Silicon Valley, Hawaii is becoming its own startup paradise. But unlike Silicon Valley, we’ve got our own set of problems. The biggest one?