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Midsized Firms Can’t Afford Bad Bets

Harvard Business Review

The malfunction caused major delays shipping toys to retailers. Not surprisingly, many of those retailers refused to pay when the toys finally did arrive, too late for the holiday season. BlueArc was venture-funded, but in 2008 VC money was getting hard to find. That helped BlueArc raise another $28 million in VC funds.

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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. Piecemeal policies, like angel tax credits, loan guarantees, reduced payroll taxes, direct investments, government venture funds, etc., Even better.