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What's the difference between a startup and any other business?

  • Written by Joel Mier, Lecturer of Marketing, University of Richmond
imageBetween 2012 and 2021, funding to U.S. tech startups jumped to $344 billion.gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Imagesimage

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