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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Maxwell Wessel, in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 The list goes on and on.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. of course there are MUCH more sophisticated financial tools than either of these, but PEG is a short-hand many people use]. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

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