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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle.

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Starting up down under: The guide to Australia’s growing startup scene

The Next Web

He is co-founder of international start-up community event organisation 3beards and founder and director of Albion Drive , a fully integrated communicaitons agency for entrepreneurs and challenger brands. Finally, that this was not the first highly successful tech IPO in Australia in 2013 with OzForex raising AUD $439.4

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center. My Journal. Message Center ( new). Edition Home.

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Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley’s Harmful Idea of Success

Austin Startup

I gained nearly 20 pounds during those two years, in part because of the growing frustration I felt when I would leave yet another meeting with VCs who I felt didn’t genuinely listen to, understand, or value my experience as a black founder and CEO. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

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EyeBlaster’s Second Shot at IPO: Will it Work This Time?

VC Cafe

T aking a company through an initial public offering (IPO) is not an easy task. million, in part due to cost-cutting (Eyeblaster says it “focused on cutting costs given the uncertain global economic environment” during the first half of 2009). Its main shareholder is Sycamore Technologies Ventures, which owns 33.9

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

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Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5.

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New Study: Market Structure is Causing the IPO Crisis

Pascal's View

Grant Thornton LLP’s Capital Markets Group today announced the release of Market Structure is Causing the IPO Crisis , a white paper examining the demise of initial public offerings in the United States, and offering remedies to resurrect the IPO market. which was published in November 2008.

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