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A Non-Profit Lean Startup: The Story of Adopt-a-Pet

Startup Lessons Learned

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. Today it’s North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website, with millions of visitors to the site each month and partnerships with more than 17,000 animal shelters, pet rescue groups, humane societies and shelters.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S. When she is not in the office you can find her at the airport!

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Talking Tech. Talking Your Tech. Americas new business model: Sharing. Sponsored Links Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy and early adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., Our growth started in Silicon Valley and our users were still predominantly from the tech world for the first year or two.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. image source. higher customer lifetime value.

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. image source. higher customer lifetime value.

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