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Think big, grow fast and don't plan an exit, entrepreneur says

Thematic co-founder on shifting to the US and lessons from Silicon Valley.

Sanjay Prakash Wed, 24 Apr 2019

Alyona Medelyan questions the conventional wisdom for entrepreneurs of planning an exit strategy early on.

The co-founder of customer insights company Thematic believes passion is more important.

“A lot of the time people who start companies in New Zealand have an exit in mind. This is not

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Sanjay Prakash Wed, 24 Apr 2019
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