They managed to get some outside funding - either from venture capital or over-inflated stock prices - and they spent like there was no tomorrow.

他们想方设法获取一些外在的资金——或来自冒险的资本、或过于膨胀的股票价格——而且他们花销起来象是没有明天一样。

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Like many company founders Mr Entrekin and his partners accepted an outside chief executive as a condition of taking venture capital money.

与许多公司创始人一样，作为获得风险投资的条件，恩特里金和他的合作伙伴接受了一位外来的首席执行官。

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Ten of those 43 seedlings have been validated by outside venture capital support.

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"These states are lower cost areas, but their labor forces are not competitive and therefore are not going to attract venture capital money or big outside investments, " says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Economy.com.

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What London does have is easier access to the venture capital firms which seem so reluctant to travel outside the capital.

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