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Shouldn’t There Be More than One Way to Fund a Start Up?

Shouldn’t There Be More than One Way to Fund a Start Up?

by Mike Goodrich | Aug 27, 2019 | 2019, Birmingham, Entrepreneurialism

The venture capital business model is built on the theory that if you do ten investments and have one huge return, what happens with the other nine investments doesn’t matter. I don’t take issue with the financial argument of this model. However, I do have an issue...
Current Perspective on the Birmingham Entrepreneurial Scene

Current Perspective on the Birmingham Entrepreneurial Scene

by Mike Goodrich | Aug 5, 2019 | 2019, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Social Capital and Social Entrepreneurialism

In 2018, Innovate Birmingham published their final report on the Birmingham entrepreneurial ecosystem. (See five articles at the end of this link – http://www.innovatebham.com/about/)  In that report, the core conclusion is that Birmingham needs more...

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