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10 Top Reasons For First-time Entrepreneur Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 9/14/2012.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012. acquired Overture for $1.63 billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer).