May 2004
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h
English
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Clearing the Hurdles: Women Building High-Growth Businesses
by Candida G. Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene, Myra M. Hart
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INDEX 261
domains, 183–184
formal (prescribed), 172–173
and gender, 170–172
informal (emergent), 173–174
“old boys,” 187
and venture capital, 224–225
activities, 230t
connections, 230–231
overlaps/introductions, 226,
227–229
see also Bright Horizons (case
example); Social capital
O
O’Connell, Maria, 91
O’Neill, Jamie, 24
Owandes, Ruth, 6–7
P
Palm Computing, 22, 106, 248
Patricof, 220
Petzinger, Thomas, 217
Polese, Kim, 159
Price, Ann, 104–105
Private equity, 59
Puzzle Toes, 160–161
R
Regional Venture Forums, 226, 228
Regulation D, 54
Reputation see Social capital
Resnick, Alan and Darlene, 107
Resources, 18, 24, 41
applicants’ qualifications, 90–93
bootstrapping, 7, 48–49
credit, 50
debt capital, 45, 123
and entrepreneurship, 3
financial capital, ...
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