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Episode 106: Implementing Profit First With Frank DeBenedetto and Ralph M. Rivera

Mike Michalowicz

My passion is building and marketing web products for niche audiences. As founder and CTO of several businesses, I love to see ideas become reality and build sustainable businesses that create real value. Presently, I’m focused on two businesses that I am co-founder and CTO of. Ralph Rivera.

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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The management team of one of the companies sat down for a brainstorming session. Since my co-founders and I haven't agreed on the company name yet, we decided to post in one of the Business Naming Facebook groups that we joined. In addition to managing our firm, I have the privilege of teaching a course in entrepreneurship.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! Since both sets of my parents went through bankruptcy while I was a child, learning about how to manage money became almost an obsession of mine. Photo Credit: Terry Kasdan.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The original company name was Scene on TV (going back to 1999), and I expanded into movies, and the name was also confusing to people (Scene instead of Seen). I decided to focus on providing complete digital marketing services like web strategy, website development and full suite of digital marketing. 27- Unusual way.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

People also shared labor and skills in greater numbers: sites such as TaskRabbit , Solvate and Zaarly offer marketplaces for errands and tasks ranging from standing in line for the next iPhone, to grocery shopping, to website development. In the West, we have been living in relative prosperity for decades.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. Popular categories include web developers, mobile developers, designers, writers, and accountants. In the 12 months ended June 30, 2018, the Upwork platform enabled $1.56