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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

In our final year of school we decided to start a website development company, which we named NBN Designs (Nothing But Net), for no other reason than UNC-Charlotte had a great basketball team at the time. 1998 – Raj and I (with Sasha and Gavin) at UNC-Charlotte. Raj, thanks for everything. Love you, buddy.

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Go-Getters Showcase

Mike Michalowicz

Stephanie is the founder of Grow Disrupt , a company that designs & produces educational, application-focused events that re-invigorate & inspire entrepreneurs. Andrea Beaulieu is the founder and creative director at Studio Linear , an award-winning, female-owned cannabis design agency based in Maine and beyond. James Cliame.

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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

The year was 1998. The company of eight was engaged in web design, which, early in the growth of middle-sized business on the web, was hot at the time. And yes, his partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the web-design business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. The background for my story.

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Timing is everything in a sale of a business.

Berkonomics

The year was 1998. The company of eight was engaged in web design, hot at the time. And here were over a million users, with no apparent value to the web designers, except as a community of friends with similar interests. First here is a bit of the background. I promised to come see him at his office the very next week.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

You’re much better off going to work for a phenomenal company, which does a great job of recruiting not just engineers, but also product managers, designers, go-to-market specialists, and many more, all of whom have a strong bias towards action, and all of whom are interested in the challenge of building a great technology company.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

You’re much better off going to work for a phenomenal company, which does a great job of recruiting not just engineers, but also product managers, designers, go-to-market specialists, and many more, all of whom have a strong bias towards action, and all of whom are interested in the challenge of building a great technology company.

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Twitter Link Roundup #74 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! You’ll find a link to the large version of the map in the Design section below. The Calvin & Hobbes Super-Stupendous Guide to Design – [link].