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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

Act II was “revenge of the luddites” in which some local governments banned them and some annoyed citizens stole them or broke them. The company started the year with no revenue and at it’s peak had a run rate well in excessive of $100 million / year. They were new, they were strange, they were ridden mostly by young people?—?they

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. The country is dead serious in all levels of government and universities about making this happen. Instead it felt like the government – through CORFO - was doing most of the risk capital investing. This isn’t some small-time effort.

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How technology can disrupt a Government.

Start Up Blog

Any government is only all powerful as long as the system it operates under is stable, and the people allow it to continue to control its market. A Government is just like a business in many ways. And of course it has revenue sources, mostly taxes, but some revenue from its non loss leading ventures.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Management. If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Mexico/Central America. South America. » More. Real Estate. Accounting.