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Go-Getters Showcase

Mike Michalowicz

Buzz, as most call him, has simplified digital marketing success with The Rule of 26 and is on a mission to double the website revenue of service-centric businesses across America. My wife Mirta, a professional chef from Paraguay, and I started the business in 2004. Contact him at buzz@bbsalaska.com or 423-377-0723. 20+ books sold.

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Capital Market Climate Change

Ben's Blog

Perhaps you are caught in the “Series A crunch” or perhaps you are a consumer company and expected that you would be valued on users rather than revenue like the last time. 3/31/1998: 30.8. 3/31/2004: 31.6. 3/31/1998: 30.8. 3/31/2004: 31.6. But they most certainly are not. How could this be? 3/29/1996: 22.3.

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Capital Market Climate Change

Ben's Blog

Perhaps you are caught in the “Series A crunch” or perhaps you are a consumer company and expected that you would be valued on users rather than revenue like the last time. 3/31/1998: 30.8 3/31/2004: 31.6 3/31/1998: 30.8 3/31/2004: 31.6 But they most certainly are not. How could this be? Aren’t markets rational?

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It takes time to build value

BeyondVC

Companies pre-1998 that went public received on average about $20mm of venture funding, were 6 years old, were EBITDA postive, and had a pre-IPO value of around $170mm (includes companies such as Peoplesoft, Intuit, Mercury, Documentum, Checkpoint, and Veritas). using pre-bubble data and this is what we found.

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. But in a small company that is funded by its own revenues, it is almost always a mistake to hire for a position before it is absolutely clear that hiring is the right thing to do. In 1998, SourceGear was looking to hire a full-time person in technical support. About Eric. Version 7.0

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. I started my business back in 2004 when I wanted to escape the corporate rat race. The revenue on the darkroom rental was close to what I was making weekly, I was in disbelief. What was happening?

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Four Key Tips To Successfully Grow Your Business

YoungUpstarts

At StockPKG, we set monthly goals like many other companies, but have three specific aims outside of revenue and profitability: A. Prior to his role at StockPKG, Sean successfully started Desert Plastics in 1998 and turned it into a multimillion dollar company before selling it in 2004. 2 – Goals, Goals, Goals.

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