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AUGUST 29, 2011

The data consistently confirms that: (i) venture capitalists are typically not adventuresome, and (ii) most startups lack the three intoxicating factors which cause venture capitalists to pull out their checkbooks. A clear trend over the past 15-years is that many Silicon Valley venture capitalists enjoy investing within driving distance.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

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JULY 1, 2015

. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. get out and raise money now because when markets change they change on a dime and capital completely dries.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Custom Customer 150

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In He was stuck on capital raising. But “he didn’t have the budget to hire a developer until he had raised money!&#. He went out and found a developer and built a product. This was such a guy.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414