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Can Data Driven Lending Displace VC Funding For Some Firms?

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The numbers, as offered by the U.S. And while startups fail for a variety of esoteric reasons, the common thread that ties them all together is cash flow. Running a small business is not for the faint of heart — or the deeply optimistic. Bureau of Labor Statistics, are not encouraging.

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Transcript: Edward Chancellor

Barry Ritholtz

I then was doing journalism for Breakingviews, which was the sort of dot-com startup, FX FT people known by Reuters, and started doing some — and then I did some research for Crispin Odey, London hedge fund guy. So all of them, independently, Jeremy, Rob, Cliff read the book and got in touch with me.