Instead, such lenders should focus on short-term, documented trade transactions and classic project finance.

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He was the classic insider - a corporate lawyer who served as finance minister and prepared France to give up the franc for the euro.

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ARD, as it was known, was in turn indelibly famous for helping to finance a start-up technology company known as Digital Equipment, which became a classic example of venture capital gone right.

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With a BA in history from UC Berkeley, and several years of developing digital marketing strategy in the heart of the Hollywood, Zim may not seem to fit the classic MBA profile, dominated as it is by students from the fields of finance, engineering and consultancy.

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