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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Determine the Cost of the Operation. You can also take finance from venture capitalist or angel investor. Angel investors are high-value individuals, and venture capitalists are companies. If not, you will need an actual workshop or warehouse. Nishil is a passionate writer, hungry for new innovation.

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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. Stay off of ventures'' balance sheets — and get onto their income statements. Policymakers seem more and more to be looking to play venture capitalist or banker.

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Scaling Up is a Problem of Both More and Less

Harvard Business Review

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz kicks off an inspired post on scaling by quoting the rapper Dorrough, who tells anyone with “a dollar in your pocket, a twenty in your wallet” to focus on one thing: “Get big. But an intimate gathering with, say, 500 of your best friends isn’t feasible.