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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. Thanks Mr. Big Firm VC. The reality is that such funding events are binary, they either happen or they do not.

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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.

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Startup Marketing Customer Custom 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 There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He was stuck on capital raising. They are intoxicating, complex, insightful and tell a great story. Making Things Happen. “Why?

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