English to Portuguese Bus/Financial Management Empreendedorismo

They quickly outgrew their office space, and would be forced to move a third time in the next six months in order to keep everyone in the same building. Concurrently, in an ongoing attempt to stem the company's "burn rate" of cash, Ravi also began making presentations to angel investors
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