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Nothing Fails Like Success

An illustration of a sand castle succumbing to the elements.

article: Nothing Fails Like Success by Jeffrey Zeldman on A List Apart, 4/11/19

Silicon Valley venture capitalists have helped catapult small tech outfits to stardom. The problem is that this meteoric rise also requires profits returned back to those investors at magnitudes that force companies to toss ethics out the window.

 

 

Issue: 
Funding
Tags: 
venture capitalism
startups

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