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What does it mean?
Dreams are hard to fund because they lack tangible collateral for financiers.
In plain terms
Financiers rejected Disneyland because dreams lack security value.
What can you take from it?
Understand that dreams may lack traditional financial support.

Where it applies

  • startup funding
  • creative projects
  • investment pitches

Putting it to work

  • Prepare financial case for visionary ideas
  • Seek alternative funding

Questions to consider

  • What makes an idea fundable?
  • How do you prove value in dreams?

Another view

This view might discourage funding for high-risk innovations.

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