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It takes a community to raise a startup

  • Written by Jana Matthews, ANZ Chair in Business Growth, Director, Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia
imageAustralia is getting better at encouraging people to consider a startup.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

There’s an old saying that it takes a whole community to raise a child. Likewise, it takes a whole community to raise a successful startup company that can grow, scale and contribute to a healthy economy.

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