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		<title>Innovation: Avoiding Nails and Finding Fertile Ground</title>
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The dotcom guys got each other excited and created a bust.  Banks verified moneymaking programs with other banks, but somehow, they went broke.  These groups sought to solve problems and produce value, but the solutions ...]]></description>
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There is a rivalry between New York City entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.  The California crowd boasts the most and some of the biggest venture capitalists in the country with a flurry of entrepreneurial beehives ...]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Human Nature, Not the Economy, Stupid!</title>
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