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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

As an entrepreneur, angel investor, VC, philanthropist, and CEO with 40 years' experience, I cannot agree. will not be legalized until 2013). banks lent (without real estate as collateral) to small businesses in 2011, according to the FDIC. More than 80% of campaigns in this category have raised more than $25,000.

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. It all seemed so big and complex and out of control. We felt defeated and powerless.”.

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