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I think I've only heard of two of those (mint and docstoc) - and they're not sites I use.

Getting some venture capital, which is hard enough in itself, doesn't seem to be any kind of decent predictor of success. This SaS business is a tough slog despite all the excitement people have about it.

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Isn't the classic VC model an expectation of only ~10% real successes, a larger amount break even/moderate success, and about half failures? Although that may be a better success rate than non-funded companies, getting VC is not in any way equivalent to a guarantee of success.

I only recognized Mint and Xobni, also products I've never used.

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