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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

stock market performance and the drumbeat of negativity that passes as business reporting these days has been the massive growth in U.S. startups and small businesses. By way of anecdote, from the time Dave Lavinsky and I founded Growthink in 1999 through 2008, more than 95% of our firm’s clients and investors were U.S.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

Both Sides of the Table

In America being in this type of job means that you get 2 (maybe 3) weeks of vacation per year. In early 1999 I made the decision to fulfill my lifelong dream to live and work in Japan. I will also cover how I accomplished this in a separate post but in early 1999 I arrived in Tokyo for the first time.

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[US][Competition] U.S. Chamber of Commerce DREAM BIG Small Business Of The Year Award 2012

YoungUpstarts

These small business are each a shining example of the power of free enterprise and the opportunities it can create for America’s doers and dreamers. Chamber of Commerce has announced the seven regional finalists for the DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award 2012. – Thomas J. Donohue, U.S.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Invitation Consultants

crowdSPRING Blog

The Bridal Association of America reports that the average cost for a wedding’s invitations and reply cards is $659. (If Stationery is a very expensive venture, for both individuals and businesses alike. When we said in 1999 that we were internet-based they thought we were a sub-par company. Want to see your business here?

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Stop Thinking And Acting Local: Small Businesses Seeking Growth Should See Themselves As Global Enterprises

YoungUpstarts

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. But one of the biggest mistakes that small businesses can make is behaving like a small business. Recent research shows that only 17% of small businesses engage in international trade [3].

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Apple Pay Brings Promise of POS Security for Some Businesses, Doubt for Others

YoungUpstarts

Thus, more of America is becoming all too weary of the lack of safety and reliability of both credit cards and POS systems — and for good reason. But how will small businesses integrate Apple Pay into their NCR POS systems? She graduated from the University of Tulsa in 1999.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

If Reid were to start a company today he’d probably have every VC in America offering to back him, but this wasn’t necessarily the case when we started LinkedIn out of his apartment in Mountain View at the end of 2002. We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . A lot has changed.