Daily Reading from June 01, 2008

1 Jun 2008

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

I Got Lucky — "A recent commenter suggested that I blog about the post-MBA experience I had when I got into the venture capital business. This is my version of the story and I’ll make it as brief as I can. There are several …"
The New Work From Home Trend: Getting Out? — "Back when broadband Internet access was made available to homes in the late 1990’s, teleworking took off. In businesses, employees were allowed to work from home part time (in some cases, full time) and many home based businesses took off, …"

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