For five years, it worked on building its user base and perfecting its product, resisting pleas from venture capitalists to figure out how to make money.

它用五年时间培育自己的用户群，完善自己的产品，在风险投资对他们如何赚钱指手画脚时顶住压力。

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Five years' experience in foreign trade or foreign owned venture.

五年在外贸方面或外资企业工作的经验。

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Five years experience in foreign trade or foreign owned venture.

有5年在外贸方面或外资企业工作的经验。

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In China, for example, where Alliance Boots formed a joint venture five years ago with Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Corp.

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As an entrepreneur, you need to paint a realistic picture of how to fund the venture, where and how the funds will be used, how you will ensure enough cash flow, and also your projected financial position of the venture over the first five years of its life.

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"If you're on more than 10 boards, there's just no way that you're good at all of them, " says Randall Lucas, who spent five years at venture firm Voyager Capital before joining Seattle start-up Revenue Loan LLC this year.

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