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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. No, thanks.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. If you are interested the Vimeo is here.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few.

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Off To SXSW, Our Schedule, And A Special Thanks

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Heading Out To CES And A Thank You To Our Sponsors

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TechZulu is heading out to CES and we got tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. For years they've taken complex technology and simplified it for the everyday website owner. Today is the day! Big and Small.

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