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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. My favorite entrepreneur turnaround story is that of Lord Alan Sugar.

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Two Important Reports from the NVCA: VC Fundraising Declines 53% in Q3 2011 and U.S. Medical Innovation is in Crisis

Pascal's View

This crisis has already damaged America’s global competitiveness and slowed medical innovation in the U.S. billion, a 53 percent decrease in dollars from the third quarter of 2010 and the lowest amount since the third quarter of 2003. .” Shift focus away from the United States towards Europe and Asia.

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Students Show The Way For Technology Innovation At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

YoungUpstarts

In a global battle of smarts, only the toughest survive. Starting from some 1,000 registrants from 25 countries in 2003, the competition has spawned many a young technology entrepreneur. (Team AlphaWaves from Singapore, who will represent the country in the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 worldwide finals in Sydney this July).

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Coach Helping People Deal With Traumatic Situations

Hearpreneur

Momentum Education’s Executive Director Robinson Lynn would never have imagined that 11yrs after the passing of his mom, the groundwork she had laid out would prepare him to become interim Executive Director and help so many people globally deal with traumatic situations. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? .

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Coach Helping People Deal With Traumatic Situations

Hearpreneur

Momentum Education’s Executive Director Robinson Lynn would never have imagined that 11yrs after the passing of his mom, the groundwork she had laid out would prepare him to become interim Executive Director and help so many people globally deal with traumatic situations. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? .

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Be a Pioneer not an Opportunist

thebarefootvc

I invested in Silicon Valley from 1999-2003 and in NYC pre and post 2008 financial crisis. As a career venture capitalist, I look for entrepreneurs who are driven to innovate and keep an eye out for disruptive change regardless of cycle. I’ve seen this movie twice before as a VC. – Jalak Jobanputra (2009).

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FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap

thebarefootvc

Like any motivated entrepreneur, I started a company (in this case, an investment platform), to fill the gaps – which I also believed FPV was uniquely capable of filling. I am thankful to all of FPV’s early LPs, advisors and entrepreneurs who are an indispensable part of FPV’s mission and success to date. Below is a recap.