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From the Vault: America’s Founding Entrepreneurs

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The founders early on identified the core issues and articulated the “problem;” they recognized the “opportunity” represented by the immense resources of the colonies; and they designed a “solution” in a new kind of government, ruled by the people themselves. Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Jefferson.

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

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In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. But the company began to struggle after its relationship with Yahoo Inc. fell apart early that year, Mr. Dreymann says. A Yahoo spokeswoman declined to comment.

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Create High-Impact Data Visualizations: Nine Effective Strategies

Occam's Razor

Oh, or your main traffic sources and the visitor acquisition metrics? Follow the story of Louisiana as you reflect on the data. Bonus: In the spirit of government data, I’ll be remiss if I did not share with you three examples of interactive scatter plots from Our World in Data (produced by the University of Oxford).

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