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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud). Global and Local. people looking to move to Austin).

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16 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Got Into Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Time is an important commodity, and to have to waste time going from website to website searching for my fun and entertainment choices was an on-going frustration. 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

View All Search Results » Subscribe. based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. North Carolina. North Dakota.

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Blitzscaling Beyond Startups

Reid Hoffman

It’s costly in a variety of ways, from lower operational efficiency to higher capital expenditure and employee (and founder) burnout. Data/Learning : A final key driver of lasting advantage is your organization’s ability to derive key learnings from operating the business. Blitzscaling isn’t a free option.

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