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Who needs investors? More than two generations ago, the venture capital community - VCs, business angels, incubators and others - convinced the entrepreneurial world that writing business plans and raising venture capital constituted the twin centerpieces of entrepreneurial endeavor. They did so for...

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Main Author: Mullins, John W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Who needs investors? More than two generations ago, the venture capital community - VCs, business angels, incubators and others - convinced the entrepreneurial world that writing business plans and raising venture capital constituted the twin centerpieces of entrepreneurial endeavor. They did so for good reasons: the sometimes astonishing returns they've delivered to their investors and the astonishingly large companies that their ecosystem has created. But the vast majority of fast-growing companies never take any venture capital. So where does the money come from to start and grow their comp.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 282 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118879047
111887904X
9781118879139
1118879139