Lifestyle Business vs. Scalable Startup?
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Do you want VC funding? Why? Perhaps a lifestyle business is more your style: "Lifestyle business are truly something remarkable. They allow the founders to live life on their own terms, with much more freedom from societal constraints. Working from exotic places? Taking mornings off to ski the powder days? Going for a long run in the middle of the day? These things are not only possible, but completely normal in this world."
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Categories: OPEN SOURCE, CULTURE, CROWD FUNDING, FINANCES
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Categories: SELF-HELP, BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Categories: BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Categories: BUSINESS, FUNDRAISING, INVESTING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Categories: BUSINESS, FUNDRAISING, INVESTING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
