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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s how Cory Van Wolvelaere changed my life: In 1993, after working at Andersen Consulting for 2.5 I had come across a guy from the US named Michael Rhattigan who had transfered from the Chicago office to a place called Sophia Antipolis in the south of France (mid way between Nice & Cannes). He asked for nothing.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

When a couple of Chicago software developers working on Apartments.com's lookup searches got tired of phoning restaurants to order takeout, it dawned on them: Why isn't there a one-stop shop for food delivery? In 1993, the company reported losses of around $8 billion, one of the most enormous company losses until that time.

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Bad Boys and the Fab Five: Business Lessons from Basketball History

Up and Running

You also may remember that the main narrative of the ’90s was that Michael Jordan, arguably the NBA’s greatest player ever, took the Chicago Bulls to six championship titles between 1991 and 1998. “The Fab Five”—The 1993 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. On April 5, 1993 the two teams went head to head.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

23: Chicago, IL?—? A love with rock climbing brought him to Northern California in 1993, where he eventually took a job packing boxes for Shoreline Mountain Project. RSVP here Oct. 8: San Francisco, CA Oct. 9: Silicon Valley, CA Oct. 16: Los Angeles, CA Oct. 17: Los Angeles, CA Oct. RSVP here Nov. 12: Capital Factory?—?Austin,

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