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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

May 26, 2011. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. .

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What to Do When You Need a Disaster Loan

Up and Running

When disaster strikes in your area and your business is affected, what’s next? For many small businesses, the future can be extremely uncertain. During the process of rebuilding, most small business owners will ask themselves if it’s time to apply for a disaster loan, or if that is a viable option for them.

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Bottoms Up Everyone: A New Economic Revolution Is Upon Us

YoungUpstarts

It’s a massive shift in the way we think about commerce, one that is made possible thanks to platform businesses — the online marketplaces, small business cloud-based companies and crowdfunding sites out there. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over a 1 million employees.

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The New Bottom-Up Economic Revolution

YoungUpstarts

In 2011, roughly 21% of working Americans qualified as proprietors – receiving at least part of their income through a form of self-employment. Moreover, the American labor force gained over ten million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2011. By our count, there are over 500 business tools serving this bottom-up economy.

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

blog.expensify.com

As someone who grew up using and ultimately becoming frustrated with the limitations of Microsoft tools, and grew up submitting and hating small-business expense reports, I hope I can convince you that we’re fighting for the same goals. March 25, 2011 at 7:00 am. March 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm. Written by David Barrett.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I founded Wings Air Helicopters in 2002, which started out as a flight school with just one training helicopter and has since grown into a premier helicopter company. Small businesses are already having a hard time in the wake of the pandemic (which is when I started my business), why make it harder for them to succeed?

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. The 2011 Inc.

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