When startups become workhorses, not unicorns

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 3:38 a.m.

b'Venture capital investors pour money into startups in hopes of landing a unicorn\\u2014a $1 billion company. But what happens to the companies that don\'t reach that status?

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