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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTĂș

Both Sides of the Table

I was an early and tireless advocate for the growth of the Internet video ecosystem and as virtually every article I wrote made clear I believe the 800-pound-gorilla is YouTube and will remain so for the foreseeable future. The Internet works best on Deflationary Economics. So Why MiTĂș?

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10 Key Risk Factors to Minimize for Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Market entry strategy risk. Certain business sectors have historical high failure rates and are routinely avoided by investors and many founders.

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Ten High Risk Drivers Every Entrepreneur Faces

Startup Professionals Musings

The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Market entry strategy risk. Certain business sectors have historical high failure rates and are routinely avoided by investors and many founders.

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Ten Key Elements Make a Startup a Risky Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The selection of an inappropriate pricing, marketing, or distribution strategy is a large potential risk. On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Market entry strategy risk. Certain business sectors have historical high failure rates and are routinely avoided by investors and many founders.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. New Mexico Angels. The distribution of groups in the survey includes a relatively representative sampling of angel groups across the US and Canada. For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Number: 30.

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Boulder Shouldn’t Municipalize Its Energy Utility System

Feld Thoughts

A municipal utility may be able to provide electricity that is cheaper or about as affordable as our current utility offers – or the city may waste millions of dollars trying, just as communities in Florida , California , and New Mexico have done recently.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. Fast forward to 2021, six in 10 people around the world now use the internet, 332 million people came online for the first time in 2021, and 4.66