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GOING HIS OWN WAY: How one investor chose his path
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GOING HIS OWN WAY: How one investor chose his path

on June 19, 2012 at 8:59 pm × 0 comments

Venture capitalist Kevin J. McQuillan (MBA 85) knew early on that he didn’t want to be another cog in a corporate machine, but it truly hit home during a post-college interview with Ford Motor Company, where his father had worked for 25 years. “I remember walking out of the interview [...]

For Top-Notch Start-Ups, The Money is Out There
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For Top-Notch Start-Ups, The Money is Out There

on June 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm × 0 comments

There has never been a better time to launch a start-up. Entrepreneurship and high-profile IPOs are all the rage currently, for good reasons. I believe we should view this not as something trendy and transitory, but as evidence of a more fundamental cultural or economic change affecting us all. First, [...]