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Article | Harvard Business Review | November 2001

In Praise of Irrational Exuberance

by William A. Sahlman

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Sahlman, William A. "In Praise of Irrational Exuberance." f0110d. Harvard Business Review 79, no. 10 (November 2001).

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William A. Sahlman
Baker Foundation Professor, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
Entrepreneurial Management

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    Leslie Berlin, Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age

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