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Have you heard the rule of the thirds?

Berkonomics

How many of them, particularly in technology, were able to start a company, supply all the funding, and share no management tasks or equity with others, and still grow the company to any significant size, worthy of a multi-million-dollar opportunity to cash out at exit? Nearly none, if statistics and experience are key to the answer.

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Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate

Both Sides of the Table

I’m now a VC that funds entrepreneurs. I suspect Mr. Wadhwa used hyperbole in his TechCrunch blog post to get more readers to look at his work. But I’m opposed to using data to “prove&# unprovable facts because I know that readers are often susceptible to this kind of data manipulation. I like surveys.

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When cash is tight – slow its flight!

Berkonomics

Email readers continue here.] There are several classes of obligations and several types of providers within each. There are statistics that show clearly that the likelihood of payment drops quickly as receivables age beyond terms. But all forms of tax must be paid to avoid catastrophe, if not merely avoid 25% penalties.

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