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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Bubbles are not new; we have had them for hundreds of years (the Tulip Mania , South Sea Company , Mississippi Company , etc.). Filed under: Venture Capital. (It also has the “smart money&# investing early and taking profits before the crash.). And in the last decade, we have had the dot.com bust and the housing bubble.

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You Don’t Need Delaware to Start Your Company

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if your business is likely to get venture capital soon, have a large number of shareholders, or you have a high probability of going public, it might still be a good idea to incorporate in Delaware or Nevada due to these two states more size-friendly laws. Arizona is close to the bottom, with statutory fees of only $60.

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If I Told You I'd Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret.

Steve Blank

Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture capital firm and we’d like you to keynote our conference.” So I gave my “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” talk as the keynote to the CIA’s venture capital conference. Do you mean the Culinary Institute of America?

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Stay Hungry, Stay Curious When these bombers got their first modern Electronic Countermeasures suite (the ALQ-117 with automatic wide-band receivers and jammers), I got sent back to school for three months (to scenic Biloxi Mississippi again) to learn how to repair it.

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Minimum Wage Boost in Silicon Valley Ups the Cinderella Factor

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Sometimes they get invented by young, brilliant people who might be one generation removed from the third world (or Mississippi). Because sometimes the most incredible innovations, start-ups, don’t get invented by already-middle-class people. People who are a bit hungry for success.

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Smartsynch raises $20 Million (Jackson, Mississippi)

Jason Ball

Other round investors included Siemens Venture Capital, Beacon Group, and OPG Ventures, Innovation?Valley Valley Partners, Endeavor Capital Management, GulfSouth Capital,?Southern Southern Farm Bureau, and Battelle Ventures. — Industry: Vertical Market Applications Software —?.

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

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.