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Creating Pillar Companies

What Are Pillar Companies?

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Pillar companies are local, publicly-traded firms that provide startups with talent and capital by using their products and sometimes by acquiring the startups once they’ve grown to their full potential as independent firms.

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Cohan, P.S. (2018). Creating Pillar Companies. In: Startup Cities. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3393-1_2

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