In 1878, Professor James Murray embarked on an ambitious project. His goal was to create the world’s first comprehensive English-language dictionary: The Oxford English Dictionary. This dictionary would take over 70 years to complete, eventually encompassing more than 414,825 words and definitions. In the days before computers, this must have…
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What’s the #1 reason a start-up fails? It runs out of money! And why would it run out of money? Because nobody wants the product it’s selling! For early-stage investors, this presents a bit of a conundrum: If a product doesn’t exist yet, how do you figure out if there’s…
In August 2012, a start-up called Oculus VR raised money on a crowdfunding site. To help get the company off the ground, thousands of people chipped in a total of $2.4 million. Last week – just 18 months after raising money from the crowd – Oculus was acquired by Facebook for $2 billion.…
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Can you guess which website raised over $600 million in financing in its first four years of existence? Zynga? Groupon? Facebook? No, it wasn’t any of those. How about Kickstarter.com? Ding Ding Ding! Crowdfunding is Born Yes, the site I’m talking about is Kickstarter.com. And the $600 million they raised?…
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