Monday, June 30, 2003

Where there's not enough venture capital

Interesting post and series of comments at Joi Ito's blog regarding the risks taken by entrepreneurs who personally guarantee loans to startups. This is a problem that arises when there isn't enough local expertise and/or pool of funds for early stage equity investing. It doesn't take much imagination to see how it can squelch entrepreneurial activity.
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