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4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

The data also shows that younger founders and founders with prestigious educational backgrounds or prior experience in large technology companies tend to be more successful. Good investments are increasingly coming from burgeoning technology centers in Texas and North Carolina. Of course, some caveats are in order.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

One myth for me is that creating unique content for a matrix of each stage of the buying journey for each distinct customer segment is simply not sustainable for most companies. Not every company should be focusing on a blog right out of the gate. Stay on top of all technological advances pertaining to marketing. Just do it.

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Does Silicon Valley Still Care About Climate Change?

Harvard Business Review

“Clearly all of this reflects some sober reevaluation of the VC role in cleantech finance,” said Mark Muro, a senior fellow at Brookings, adding that “We’ve maybe asked too much of VC.” What they share is a willingness to fund risky technology, and the patience that requires.