Can Money Cramp Your Style?

Does the promise of huge financial payoffs cramp the creativity of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs?

By Mark Henricks • Nov 1, 2007

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While that may seem like a far-fetched question, longtime entrepreneurs and observers in the high-tech hotbed say that, as the rebounding market for IPOs raises the bar for startup company exits, the answer isn't so clear.

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