Cloherty and other intrepid VCs say that they are learning from their mistakes, but venture investing in Russia still looks like a trek through Siberia without a map.

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Stefansson marvels that anyone would try to put together a "finished" genome without a recombination map to serve as a guide.

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Tesco's outgoing chief executive, Sir Terry Leahy, sniffs that Carrefour raced willy-nilly into emerging markets without a road map.

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Whatever you do, come prepared and do not set off on a hike without a good map and the proper gear.

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He recommends driving or walking around without a plan, or even a map.

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He will get a map without sewer and water systems, fire hydrants, and manholes.

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We got on the interstate and started driving north without, of all things, a map of Mississippi, a resource we found was more precious than batteries and bottled water since all the panic began.

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P4P, Krishnamurthy asserts, takes advantage of data about users' location and a provider's network map without revealing details to either side.

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He says that if tens of thousands of users travel a road without complaining, then Tele Atlas can be fairly certain that its map of the road is correct.

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