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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals.

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Why You Should Use Localisation in a Globalised World

The Startup Magazine

An incorrect translation of a brand name or slogan could have wide reaching ramifications – an embarrassing or offensive translation could seriously endanger brand image. Indeed, 65% of multinational enterprises believe localisation is either important or very important for achieving higher revenues (California State University survey).

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Should You Serve Fair Trade Coffee?

Up and Running

What about the farms, are they environmentally friendly, and are they using green and sustainable methods? Certification began in 1997, as a concrete way to ensure that a fair trade certified (FTC) label on a product meant that a series of milestones had been met, and a socially conscious consumer could rest easy with their purchase.

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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 — 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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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). They point out that of 123 statements about typography in Burt’s book, only three – 3 – were either supported by data or by reference to named sources (Rooum, 1981; Hartley and Rooum, 1983; in Lund, 1995 ). Required fields are marked * Name *. Review article. Protextuel.

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

Seeing Both Sides

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. Such household names as Google, Intel and eBay were started by at least one immigrant founder. In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. It’s new businesses.