Books, historical events and the myths that grow up around them, places, memories and ways of doing things form a common frame of cultural reference that defines a nation.

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Mr. Marmer found that "70% of start-ups exhibited some form of premature scaling, " which he defines as companies hiring too quickly or building a product without taking proper signals from the market that they aren't getting traction.

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