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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

He received his MBA in 1993 from UT Austin before joining Credit Suisse First Boston as an Equity Research Analyst, where he focused on computer hardware and software. After nearly four-and-a-half years with Google and some investment experience, Brian joined Founders Fund as a Principal in 2008. BILL GURLEY. JEFF JORDAN.

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Retail’s Small Business Crisis

PYMNTS

Things went off the rails, not surprisingly, in 2008 — courtesy of the financial crisis. More businesses opened than closed — until 2008. In the aftermath of 2008, only 20 counties — most of them rimming major cities and tech hubs — drove 50 percent of small business formation. The mix of these businesses is also very different.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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We are confident that to truly have the long-term impact we want to make, we need to focus on finding an acquirer with an existing national fresh food supply chain who can carry forward the Juicero mission. more than we, Kamil Kurmakaev and I, spent since the company’s inception in 2008 till August 2014. Product: Blin.gy App.

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