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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Thirteen months after raising more than $10 billion in the public markets the board forced Mason out after another dismal financial quarter.

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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

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We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. My brother is actually at Anthem Ventures, working with Bill Woodward, and I was an intern there in business school. We've been toying with taking an investment for the last three or four years, and were able to meet with the guys at Kennet, and Javier Rojas.