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Unit 4? Venture Capitalists —A Really Big Adventure 1. The stories of Americas technology start-up successes are legendary: Compaq, Cisco Systems, Apple Computer, Oracle, Sun Microsystems - all were created in the past 20 years from nothing. Ciscos market capitalization equals GMs; Intel and Microsoft, two other venture-backed start-ups are among the top five American firms by stock market valuation. 2. These firms survived because they were run by entrepreneurs with sound ideas and limitless energy. But they thrived - growing by 40% a year or more - in part because they were financed and hel