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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Bye Bye Banks: The End of Community Banking as an Engine of Economic Growth 2010 Robert H. Smith Smith, Robert H. Smith Smith, Robert H. Dead Bank Walking: One Gutsy Bank's Struggle for Survival and the Merger that Changed Banking Forever 2010 Winthrop H. Sprague Sprague, Irvine H.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

The startup, which was established in 2008, privately raised $185 million before its $100 million initial public offering was blocked by the Australian Securities Exchange last year. So its secured lender, which [founder Scott] Jones didn’t name, recently emptied ChaCha’s bank accounts. via Beta Boston.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Imzy was created by former Reddit employees Dan McComas and Jessica Moreno as a safer, friendlier version of the popular community site. Around 4 p.m.,

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