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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. We had the wrong business model. Dave Jones made a virtue of having no business model for APB. Company : Wesabe.

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Steve Bennet. 7.5 - 10.5% April 12, 2012 6:15 PM. Daniel Sisson.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). ► October. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

A check-in aggregation platform. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. VoiceBase - Transcription and search of voice communications (presentations, conference calls, etc.) FootFeed - The only Day 1 company on my list.