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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. One of the company’s smartest moves was introducing “Netflix Original” movies and TV shows, first launching House of Cards in 2013 to much success. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

At the same time, his partner at his previous company – Tim Miller – was doing an entrepreneur-in-residence at a local Boulder VC firm (Boulder Ventures). In 2003 – while Agile was known – it was largely limited to ISVs and a few leading IT organizations. About a year after he got started, he was ready to raise a venture financing.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. Wednesday, April 24th, 2013. AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. Disrupt NY 2013. Disrupt NY Hackathon 2013. August Capital Party 2013. © 2013 AOL Inc. → Learn More.

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[Singapore] Microsoft Wants To Modernize Your Small Business With Get2Modern Contest

YoungUpstarts

They form the backbone of the economy as they contribute significantly to productivity, export and revenues,” says Vincent Wong, Director of Small, Medium Business & Partner Group, Microsoft Singapore. The Get2Modern SME IT Makeover Contest ends on 15 June 2013.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. This company’s valuation peaked at $10 billion in 2013/2014. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Sachin Bansal.

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We Were Right – Just a Decade Early

Feld Thoughts

” Jerry was Fred Wilson ‘s partner at Flatiron Partners. 2003 – 2012 was the climb to Enlightenment. 2013 forward has been the plateau of Productivity. This is a line my friend Jerry Colonna uses when something like the AT&T – Time Warner deal occurs.

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Gaming is Eating the World

VC Cafe

Guest post by Kevin Baxpehler, Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. According to MarketWatch, GTA has generated over $6 Billion in total sales since its release in 2013, which makes it the top grossing entertainment title in history. Yes, the title is “click-bait” but there is some truth to it, bear with me. Billion so far.

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