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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

In 1998, a few years after launching, the company got a $200,000 SBA-guaranteed loan. At launch, the initial trajectory of Columbus Technologies , a California NASA spacecraft initiative business, looked promising, but after NASA downsized the budget available for their services, their revenue plummeted over 60 percent in just two weeks.

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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. It's great to know that you have the radio and TV background.

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How to Get Out of Business Debt

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Since 2003, he has been a member of the State Bar of California. In 1998, he graduated from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, and now serves as a principal attorney for the Oak View Law Group in California.

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Project: The Story of Jeff Bezos' $250,000 Investment into Google in 1998

Growthink Blog

After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Invest in People. Alta Vista. Webcrawler.

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Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Andre Durand

Feld Thoughts

Durand was founder and CEO of Durand Communications, a bulletin board software provider (acquired by Webb Interactive in 1998). Durand holds BA degrees in Biology and Economics from the University of California. Prior to Jabber, Inc.,

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What Do Jeff Bezos and Alesandro Giuliani Have in Common?

Growthink Blog

In 1998 when Larry Page’s and Sergey Brin’s Google offices were a Menlo Park, California garage, Bezos invested $250,000 of personal funds into the fledgling startup. The story is well-known but worth re-telling. When Google went public in 2004 that $250,000 investment translated into 3.3 million shares of Google stock.

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Jeff Bezos Investing in Google: Luck or Foresight?

Growthink Blog

After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Invest in People. Alta Vista. Webcrawler.

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