A prize rewards a winner; it does not bank a business. The missing rail is finance, not applause.
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Money
Pledge to Payment: The Financial Rails That Turn Summit Promises Into Money
A commitment announced on stage still has to travel through pension funds, banks and payment rails to become capital.
Bankable Rock: Why Formalising Small Miners Comes Before Any Finance Reaches Them
A miner paid in cash by the roadside is invisible to a bank. Structure is the precondition for capital.