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It isn't always easy for venture-backed startups to change course when investors want to see both growth and profitability. Their peers have a leg up. Let's see what we can find.

Cheaper growth

Alex and I wondered if it was possible for startups to have it all. Yes seems to be the answer this year.

There is an interesting finding in Capchase's recent report on the pulse of sla company performance.

Despite the war chest of funding that VC-backed firms raised last year, boot-strapped companies are doing better than their counterparts.