Re: UKNM: Upstart

[Jim Sterne]

At 9:39 AM +0100 4/28/98, Steve Johnston wrote:

>Sadly however the Englishman's

>attitude to 'failed' businessmen, is not what it should be and nothing

>compared to the attitude in the US where failure is almost a pre-requisite

>to success.



Not "almost".


There are only three ways to get venture funding in the U.S.:


	a) show how much you've learned through failure

	b) be so successful you don't need the money

	c) marry well



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