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Why Now Is The Right Time For New Green Technology

YoungUpstarts

For green technology, the barriers β€” high costs, lack of supporting infrastructure, the weight of tradition β€” have been especially prohibitive. But the timing is finally right for some green tech to take off. The time in the spotlight is finally here for green innovations like permeable pavement. The Rise of Green Technology.

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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. Photo Credit: Rob Greene. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13-

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

Duct Tape Marketing

He’s out with yet another co-authored book with Nancye Green called β€” Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence. He's single-handedly invented, and he's out with yet another co-authored book, uh, co-authored with Nancy Green, entitled Tom Peters Compact Guide to Excellence. Uh, Nancy Green is no slouch on her own, right?

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5 Most Successful Products Ever and What Small Businesses Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

Lipitor (1997). The drug was developed at a time when the medical establishment already had several go-to drugs that served the same purpose. .” Mario ate magic mushrooms that made him bigger, or β€œSuper” and jaunted from place to place through green pipes. Image courtesy of The Daily Beast. Super Mario Bros.”

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

The policy conversation regarding jobs and economic development is starting to show some promising signs, particularly in helping young companies flourish. The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. It’s new businesses.

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Early 2014 Harvest for Napa Valleyβ€”Hard Data Provides Perspective on the Impact of Global Warming

Pascal's View

As we walked through the Levensohn Vineyard last week with our viticulturist, Zach Berkowitz , and our vineyard manager, Stan Zervas , of Silverado Farming , Zach cut into a green berry from one of our vines. This continues to be an early season, as bloom and fruit development are earlier than usual. Today, 1997 is the leader.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.