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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

billion, followed by finance, 19 deals, and healthcare, 17 deals. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K., ” (ix) The U.S.

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Social Enterprises Globally

Business Plan Blog

One of the five main objectives is to support co-ops, mutuals, charities and social enterprises by establishing a Big Society Bank, which will provide financing for social enterprises and other similar ventures. The 2012 Social Enterprise World Forum, hosted by NESsT, is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in October. and the U.S.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. I never want renters to find themselves in my situation – scared, displaced and worried about my finances.