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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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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. 3 specific issues: 1. Did this again in 08-09.

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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

For example, it’s almost become routine for me (and I’m sure you can think of high profile CEO’s who do this often and on social media) to make big, lofty promises that are meaningful to the success of the business and to my team as individuals. I have a designated place to work: my home office, a co-working space, or a coffee shop.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. Co-Founders Jeff Fernandez, Surag Mungekar, and Nick Narodny are CEO, CTO, and Chief Content Officer, respectively. Click here to buy tickets. Corporate University Xchange.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

The founders coming out of the DEC ( Digital Equipment Corporation ) and Intel culture of the 1960’s and ‘70’s. If I did go to social events, all I would talk about was my new company. Not enough people understand the emotional cost of being a start-up founder. My company became the most important thing in my life.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. 5) Market Downturn.