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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

O’Reilly unwittingly illustrates this point by telling the story of Sunil Paul, a friend and a successful serial entrepreneur who filed a patent on the core elements of GPS-enabled ride-hailing in 2000. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Currently, as a profitability consultant for green and social entrepreneurship businesses, I show businesses how they can go beyond mere sustainability (keeping things the same) to regenerativity (making things better). When I was focusing more on just the green part, I used Green And Profitable. Photo Credit: Shel Horowitz.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

The system is used by over 2000 companies in 30 countries, helping them to achieve better results in almost every digital marketing and sales field. The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies.