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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. North Dakota (6 groups). For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals. Pre-revenue energy and clean tech. Other pre-revenue deals. Hub Angels (Boston).

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16 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Got Into Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Seeing the idea that I felt so strongly about evolve and grow into a successful mobile technology company has been humbling. My dad had only 2 years of high school, yet started a farm implement business, a car sales business and gas station in a small town in North Dakota.

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

online.wsj.com

which makes a mobile app that rewards shoppers for creating a personal shopping mall and following their favorite stores. North Carolina. North Dakota. South Dakota. North Carolina. North Dakota. South Dakota. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann.

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Blitzscaling Beyond Startups

Reid Hoffman

This loyalty can be based on brand loyalty (the classic approach taken by consumer goods), habit and convenience (Amazon is the example par excellence), or legal enforcement (the winners in the shale oil and gas boom relied on signing long-term leases on the mineral rights of key areas such as Bakken Formation in Montana and North Dakota).

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