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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bell, C. Gordon
High-Tech ventures : the guide for entrepreneurial success I C. Gordon Bell with John F. McNamara
ISBN 0-201-56321-5 (hardback)
1 . High technology industries-Management. 2. New business enterprises-Management. 3. Entrepreneurship. 4. Computer industry-Management. 5. Computer software industry-Management.
I. McNamara, John E. II. Title
HC79.H53B45 1991 90-25717
620' .0068-dc20 CIP
Copyright © 1991 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
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ISBN 0-201-56321-5
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