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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

In January, Jerry Neumann wrote a long and detailed analysis of his view of the VC industry in the 1980’s titled Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980’s. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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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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Twitter Link Roundup #240 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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C’mon Illinois … Interactive Map: Where The Venture Capital Dollars Are Going | WSJ – crowdspring.co/1wpmKKa. Candid & raw. All young entrepreneurs should read … My Last Day At PivotDesk | Kelly Taylor’s Blog – crowdspring.co/1sZar6P. 1DmUr1f.

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MentorMob.com Aims To Revolutionize Learning Through Crowdsourcing

YoungUpstarts

“The Internet is the first place most people turn to find information and learn virtually anything, but there’s no sense of organization — you have to stumble through, often running into dead ends along the way,” says Kris Chinosorn, who started MentorMob with fellow University of Illinois graduate and co-founder Vince Leung. “At

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VC Activity In Q1 2011 Back To Pre-Recession Levels

ReadWriteStart

The investment analysts at CB Insights have released their quarterly report on venture capital activity, and in terms of deal-flow and funding levels, the news is good. Go Groupon, Go Illinois. Illinois, the home state of Groupon, saw an increase in the number of investments occurring in the area. Breakdown By State.

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The Economic Clout of Women-Owned Small Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]

crowdSPRING Blog

This is not true in all sectors – for example, women are being nearly completely left out of the venture capital game. Not surprisingly, California, New York, Texas, Florida and Illinois are the top five states with women-owned businesses in 2012 (the top five hasn’t changed in 15 years).

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Getting out of the building…by staying in the building!

Steve Blank

MATTER is funded and supported by a broad range of private sector partners including established companies, providers, payers, service providers and others; as well as public sector support from the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago. It Takes a Village.

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