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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I came up with my business name, Kate’s Theatrics at about 9pm April 14, 2001. On the way north from the Chicago suburbs to Wisconsin, I thought it would be a great idea to have my own PR firm. The name and domain were born then. Thanks to Alex Vale, Fundstack ! #8- 8- My name and what I did then. Photo Credit: Kate Mura.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

At the time of its incorporation (2001), I had seen an article published by the University of Chicago showing that 82 % of CEOs had revenue growth as their #1 objective. I’d previously been the lead publicist at a very posh PR firm, and the running joke was that I was incredibly “off brand.” 13- America’s rust belt.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses. My goal is to have every home in America with a toddler own at least one title by the end of 2020.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. My example: I have mainly programmed _by choice_ in Python, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, C# and currently I’m doing Java. It’s so blinded, it’s shocking.

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