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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. We also used this capital to grow the business by investing in additional marketing and human capital for product sales. Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. After all, what have you got to lose?

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

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By Richard MacManus / May 10, 2012 05:30 AM / View Comments. But in 2012, more often than not it can be done on the Web. iPad and Android tablet apps for magazines have been a big trend over the past couple of years, spurred on by dwindling print magazine sales. All of that work and for disappointing sales. Best of RWW.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

This sale turned him into a billionaire. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. He founded an apparel company in 2012 and it has been quite successful. Instead, he invested his time, money, and effort in a gaming company known as Youzu. Today, he is worth $1.5 Elizabeth Holmes.

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Getting Better At Email

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To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. min magazine named her one of the “Most Intriguing People” of 2004, Gotham magazine named her one of its “40 under 40” in 2003, and Advertising Age named her a “Woman to Watch” in 2003.

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Getting Better at Getting Email

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To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. min magazine named her one of the “Most Intriguing People” of 2004, Gotham magazine named her one of its “40 under 40” in 2003, and Advertising Age named her a “Woman to Watch” in 2003.

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From email scams to e-commerce wins: How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation

The Next Web

In 2003, he was the founder of Nigeria’s first online-realtime Point of Sale (POS) electronic payment system and in 2004 created West Africa’s first locally issued and processed online-realtime international payment card: Ecobank MasterCard. percent, with less than 13 outlets in a nation of 170 million people.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

This is when I realized that I can use my business/sales experience that can and therefore I quit my job on the spot and started BuffetGO. From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012. At the time, I was a doing sales and marketing for a media company. Image Credit: Jen Perry.