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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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How to Find a Mentor

Up and Running

Wright, serial entrepreneur and founder of investment firm The Resourceful CEO. “I I applied, pitched, and was accepted into BetaBlox —a Kansas City-based startup incubator—in June of 2014,” says Shane Park, CEO of Coinplay. See Also Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. See Also Got “Founder Fit”?

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

It just seemed like a fitting title for a company built around narrative by a founder who used to write stories for a living. It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. He certainly would have been my first co-investor call.