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The Age of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

However, a paper published a while back by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation – the group devoted to fostering entrepreneurship around the world – suggests that the age distribution among company founders is much broader than we might have imagined. The vertical axis measures the “percentage of individuals. So why is this important?

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Originally designed for investment bankers, it’s now also being used by VCs to help portfolio companies with fundraising.”. Some technology vendors are providing options to limit distribution of confidential information from GP reports. the Untouched Vertical. 10) Report. The VC Software Stack?—?the

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

Ampex’s first customer was Bing Crosby who wanted to record his radio programs for rebroadcast (and had exclusive distribution rights.) The McMicking’s bought 50% of Ampex for $365,000 (some liken this to the first VC investment in the valley.)

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Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

Ben's Blog

Whether it’s Yotta encouraging emergency savings accounts, Dave.com providing overdraft protection, or Stash enabling broad participation in public market investing, I believe that the private sector could be an inflection point for the country’s financial health – and that fintechs will lead the way.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Add micro payments services like Square to the equation and very soon we will begin to hear investment bankers start to cry foul like journalists and recording industry executives have been doing since Napster.

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