Business in Action, 9th Ed.
Chapter 5: Forms of Ownership
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"Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, philanthropist, author and CEO of Bizzultz May McCarthy [photo, left] explains how intuition will help you achieve financial freedom.
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"Most startups toil away in stealth mode on new products and services with an Apple-esque fear of news leaks," begins Haje Jan Kamps (photo, left) in a piece at TechCrunch.
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"Technology companies worth more than $1 billion—and many worth $10 billion—have fewer reasons to go public than they did in the past.
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