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Being a Business Leader Amid Historical Events

Seeing Both Sides

The two Supreme Court decisions and the response to the tragic church shooting in South Carolina are among the most indelible events of our time and all three will be memorialized in history books and discussed for decades to come. There was an overwhelming torrent of news last week. Every one of these events has a historical context.

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

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His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., North Carolina. South Carolina. South Dakota. Mississippi.