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Startup Lessons: 4 Companies Facing Product Lawsuits

The Startup Magazine

When conducting business, it is crucial to make a profit and keep your operations running smoothly. Remington was founded in 1816 and operates today as the United States’ oldest gun maker. Blitz USA originally produced metal gas containers primarily for military use under the company name U.S. owned company, Key Safety Systems.

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

Brands started working towards creating their online portals to push for sales online while continuing their brick and mortar operations. Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. But your brand’s name is nowhere to be seen.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

When I think, of a “disruptor,” the first name that comes to mind is Elon Musk. As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. Today, Check Maid operates in most major U.S.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Leadership and CEO Succession

Reid Hoffman

Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. He belongs to that Mount Rushmore of American CEOs, along with names like Carnegie, Ford, and Jobs. When you’re that great, you only need one name).

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. So here is what we learned about the blockchain and DLT technology, brace yourself for the following disruptive talking points.