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Midsized Firms Can’t Afford Bad Bets

Harvard Business Review

CEOs of midsized companies who make big bets can lose the farm. The executives of Fortune 500 companies might be able to lose the same bet with impunity, and the founders of venture capital-funded startups are only renting the farm (with the VC’s money) anyway.

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Looking for Jobs in All the Wrong Places: Memo to the President

Harvard Business Review

job growth," said Kauffman Foundation economist Tim Kane in his report, "start-up companies aren't everything. Everyone else has a voice in Washington — Big Business, retailers, insurers, doctors, bankers, and every other interest grouping you can think of. over the last 34 years would actually be negative. When it comes to U.S.

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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.