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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us Michael Yavonditte is CEO of Hashable, a New York startup backed by ff Venture Capital and a number of other leading VCs. through the Yahoo! acquisition. Thursday, January 12, 2012.

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Do Entrepreneurs Need College?

Duct Tape Marketing

Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman founded the social bookmarking site reddit shortly after graduating from the University of Virginia. That’s why coworking spaces, startup villages, mentoring programs and incubators make so much sense for the aspiring entrepreneur. They sold it a year later to media giant Condé Nast.

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

Peter and Jonathan discuss startup incubators, and our guest Caroline talks to us about the “F” word and 10 reasons why startups fail. Startup Incubators – (2:13). Learn more about Techstars , a startup accelerator program. 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail – (9:31). Take your idea there.