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7 Tips To Raise Your Entrepreneur Instincts In School

Startup Professionals Musings

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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7 Ways College Degrees Can Expedite Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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7 Tips For Aspiring Entrepreneurs Who Stay In School

Startup Professionals Musings

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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How To Optimize Entrepreneurial Learning In School

Startup Professionals Musings

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. It would take 2 years to catch up but believe me they have the capital to do so. Market Size. That is how great businesses are built.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. If you had a non-business undergrad and want to study for a master’s in business – go for it!

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle. VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time.