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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

Duct Tape Marketing

Recent episode, The power of just one big marketing idea and How to get it really brings home this idea that instead of chasing the idea of the week, really lock in on one big idea to differentiate your business that can make all the difference in the world. Listen to Content Is Profit, wherever you get your podcasts. (00:55):

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. Ajay Prasad, the founder of GMR Web Team < [link] > #15) Take Advantage of an Opportunity.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Warren Buffet, 1997. This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. The founders, the CEO, the CFO, the executives, the employees, and the venture investors. I don’t think so.

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