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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

PeterLongBSCF : Peter Long is the President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation, tweeting about making quality health care accessible for all. jcanales : Jim Canales, President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, shares how they’re working to expand opportunities for the people of California.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. It was a strange contrast for me having grown up in Northern California where failure seemed to be a badge of honor. I remember this lesson well. At this time I can tell you that the Brits definitely didn’t have a culture of failure.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

As you may remember, I was lucky enough to have recieved, at your hands, the beating I so richly deserved back in 1997 while at ONETOUCH Systems. Reply Ken Chow , on June 18, 2009 at 12:13 pm Said: Steve, What a joy to see you finally sharing all your terrific stories and aphorisms in this blog. Just so you know, it helped immeasurably.

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

Duct Tape Marketing

It started in 1997 with his first letter and his last letter in 2000 that came out in 2021. So I think I'm the only Carmine Gallo in California. So again, he's ta that's something that's consistent. He ends it with, and remember it's always day one. And please for any of our listeners jump on LinkedIn.

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Why You Should Use Localisation in a Globalised World

The Startup Magazine

Indeed, 65% of multinational enterprises believe localisation is either important or very important for achieving higher revenues (California State University survey). Localisation is essential to the success of marketing campaigns which cannot succeed if they do not reach the target audience.

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Early 2014 Harvest for Napa Valley—Hard Data Provides Perspective on the Impact of Global Warming

Pascal's View

Today, 1997 is the leader. Finally, 2014 is has the fourth highest GDD accumulation, trailing only 2013, 1997, and 1996. These include this year, the year with the most accumulated GDD (1997), the year with the least accumulated GDD (1998), and the 21-year average. A month ago, 2013 had the most GDD over the last 21 years.

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