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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. The things that always differentiated Accenture? Ameet said, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine, just wait for the next downturn.&#.

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8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

Both Sides of the Table

I think many entrepreneurs under-estimate the benefit that capital early helps in being able to produce product and differentiate yourself in a nascent marketplace. It is true that you should mostly concern yourself with your customers, building a great product and providing excellent service. They get the PR bump.

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

Great way to get your business represented online and bring in new customers. John: PR wants some event calendar. We like listening to our customers and seeing what they do. Jonathan: Okay, so the homepage must convey that you are caring about your customers and you need to be mobile. The marketing team wants this video.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds. Call it your functional pie chart.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. That’s it.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Jonah was working on his masters thesis and he asked Nike to produce a customized shoe with the word “Sweatshop” on it.

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