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The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs

by William H. Draper

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Bill Draper examines the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, discusses how to evaluate innovative ideas and the role of political leadership in creating opportunity, and provides real-life examples.

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Published: 2011
Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Technology, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 332.092
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