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StartupNation

industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. Baby Einstein grew revenues from $1 million in 1998 to over $10 million just a few years later in 2000. The economists who conducted the study analyzed administrative government data on the founders of all U.S. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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