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Refugees Need Jobs. Entrepreneurship Can Help.

Harvard Business Review

Kauffman research has shown that in some years (1985-2005), young firms have been responsible for as much as two-thirds of new American jobs. All too often, entrepreneurship is equated with technology startups. The idea of making a business climate more attractive is not new. But it is much more than that.

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The Disruption of Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze." A key constraining resource in traditional venture is a VC investor's time. Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

” The proposal is to create a “Digital Single Market” in the EU. The goal of the Digital Single Market is an ambitious one: to deliver by the end of 2016 the equivalent of US$ 471 billion per year to the regional economy and 3.8 Venture funding for European digital groups in 2014 remained a fifth ($7.75

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