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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

If you remove the barriers, then you don''t need to incentivize entrepreneurs to commit their natural act. Piecemeal policies, like angel tax credits, loan guarantees, reduced payroll taxes, direct investments, government venture funds, etc., Not" is not a typo. have spread like wildfire.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

But the conditions seemed to be ripe for one to develop. ” 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. You’ll never find any interesting deals there.”