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tonyedgecombe on April 14, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join...

Venture capital flourished when the tax rates plummeted in the late 1970s.

Yet business formation in the US is near a forty year low: http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/news/economy/us-startups-nea...

walshemj on April 14, 2018 [–]

cough Fairchild cough Intel - and the other fairchildren

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