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We’re taking the journey into the brave new world of startups and startup investing, continuing the conversation with successful startup founder, tech startup investor and Shark Tank star Steve Baxter. Last week we delved into the entrepreneurial world as we followed Steve’s own journey to startup success and what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.  This week we take this to the next level to consider what makes a successful startup and how you can go about evaluating and investing in them. According to recent research, the failure rate for a venture fund portfolio is 40% to 50% in a given year, and 90% of all companies invested in will not make it beyond the 10 year mark. So the notion that only one in 10 venture capital investments will succeed is industry expectation. But the 10% of companies that do make it big can return many thousands of percent to investors. Understandably, typical venture deals are structured over 10 years until exit. The ideal exit strategy is for the company to go public via