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What are the odds of your startup’s success?

Berkonomics

We have years of real data to call upon: data that impacts both investors and entrepreneurs. Fortune Magazine and Harvard studies Attempting to get to the number of real failures for all startups, not just those with angel group investments, Fortune Magazine published an article claiming that 90% of these startups do fail.

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Startups: What are your odds for success?

Berkonomics

We have years of real data to call upon: data that impacts both investors and entrepreneurs. Attempting to get to the number of real failures for all startups, not just those with angel group investments, Fortune Magazine published an article claiming that 90% of these startups do fail. Restaurant startups would not top my list.

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7 New Venture Strategies Improve The Odds Of Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

In that context, I came across an old study of 27 startups featured in Inc’s annual “Anatomies of a Start-up,” done for “The Journal of Business Venturing,” and published by George Gendron in Inc Magazine. As it turned out, 17 of the 27 companies were still in business seven years later, which is at least double that of other studies.

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This Immigrant Entrepreneur Launched Her Billion Dollar Empire, Despite Speaking No English

InfoChachkie

She used her meager savings to purchase a sewing machine and began creating dresses from magazine photos, which she sold for $25 each. Ida wasn’t even the first modern-day entrepreneur to offer women brassieres. She was an entrepreneur at a time when entrepreneurial women were few and far between.”.

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Entrepreneurs Relish The Challenge More Than Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. I’ve never known any successful entrepreneurs or investors who were not happy to share their insights. Read entrepreneur stories.

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6 Tactics To Ensure Your Team Is Happy And Productive

Startup Professionals Musings

Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. Believe it or not, it is possible for employees in business, as well as entrepreneurs, to be both happy and productive.

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Entrepreneurs Love the Learning and Ramen Noodles

Startup Professionals Musings

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. I’ve never known any successful entrepreneurs or investors who were not happy to share their insights. Read entrepreneur stories.