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9 Big Businesses That Began In College

YoungUpstarts

Some of these businesses are still with us, including Google and the social media behemoth Facebook. Others, like Def Jam, have been transformed through mergers and acquisitions. Each of the nine businesses listed below began in college, and in some cases, with no initial profit motive in mind. project.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Join our community. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). And then came AOL.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Sagefrog Marketing Group, LLC was founded in 2002 as a two-person enterprise through the merger of two existing entities. The initial concept was to create a podcast to share ideas from business books with the professional community. Plus, all the social media profiles were available. Photo Credit: Mark Schmukler.

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