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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Durant lost control of GM to a bankers' trust just two years later, in 1910, due to enormous debt and a crumble in automobile sales. Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. 5- WhatsApp founders. It was originally a holding company founded by William C.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. Not that I blame you!

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20 Best Biographies For Tech-Minded Students

YoungUpstarts

This is the only authorized biography of the iconic Apple co-founder, written by gifted biographer Walter Isaacson. The fascinating life of the mathematician who broke the Nazis’ Enigma code was also a pioneer in the development of the computer. “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson.

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What I noticed in 2013

Start Up Blog

I’ve been reviewing my notepad from 2013 and thought I’d share my insights into what’s changed and the big issues from my perspective in startups, business and technology. What Pinterest owns is some code. It seems the real money in technology stocks is made when the founders exit, not when investors buy it.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

I’d like to take a few minutes to dispel the top five myths of software startups. Company founders don’t have the luxury of ‘diversifying their portfolio,’ so to speak. But VC’s depend on the founders thinking that a VC wouldn’t let them go down in flames.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

This is a guest post by Christian Gheorghe, founder and CEO of Tidemark. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Install, upgrade and train people on hard to use slow, ancient-looking enterprise software.

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Twitter Link Roundup #205 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

How to Win as a First-Time Founder – crowdspring.co/1iGhXzt. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. A thorough review of iPhone fart apps – crowdspring.co/1diie4N. 1993 vs 2013 pic.twitter.com/P5m3MIsUjk. 19EITGp.