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5 Reasons Investors Should Keep Their Eyes On Omaha, Nebraska

YoungUpstarts

by Mark Hasebroock, Founder and Managing Partner, Dundee Venture Capital. Here’s a word association game: what do you think of when you hear “Omaha, Nebraska”? raising over $150M in venture capital for the two from the likes of Sequoia Capital and Insight Venture Partners. But not for long.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

as well as channel partners and cloud industry technology consultants. They also talked by phone to organic farmers in Nebraska and the Santa Cruz mountains. They had 16 interviews with target customers (Zynga, Yahoo, VMware, Walmart, Zeconder, etc.) Agora was in a classic two-sided market (having both buyers and sellers.

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Ending the Toll Roads to LP Fundraising

This is going to be BIG.

Picture this: Your family builds a tremendous business in Nebraska over four generations making black socks. I would argue that returns might go up if VC fundraising was a lot more meritocratic and if the big Limited Partners got to see everyone who was fundraising at the same time. The next generation isn't interested in socks.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

19 of the 21 teams are moving forward in commercializing their technology. He sits on the House committee that oversees the NSF - the Science, Space and Technology committee (a place where his engineering degree and PhD comes in handy.) If you like science, technology or entrepreneurship, this guy is the real deal. He gets it.

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

online.wsj.com

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., Whats on your technology toolbelt? Comcast Corp.,

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Jason Colodne of Colbeck Capital Interviews Energy Ventures Analysis’ Emily Medine

The Startup Magazine

In this interview, Jason Colodne , Managing Partner at Colbeck Capital Management, speaks with Emily Medine, Principle in the coal practice at Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA), to discuss the historical changes in the industry, the challenges that the industry faces today, and where she finds hope for the future of the industry.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. It won’t be an island, however, it will be connected to the other health centers in Texas and other innovation centers in technology, defense, robotics and other disciplines across the state.”

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