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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. 10- Elon Musk.

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Business Advice Podcasts: Why Every Entrepreneur Should Tune In

Up and Running

In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. Some of the most prominent names in the industry charge hundreds of dollars for a seat in their auditorium. The bigger the name, the easier it is to quantify quality.

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

Up and Running

But, before they were big names, they were simply a team that needed additional money urgently to pay their website development firm. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. I used traditional methods of funding, namely bank loans, for the purchase.

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Entrepreneur Fills a Market Void by Building Female-Focused Co-Working Spaces

Hearpreneur

I found myself pushed into entrepreneurship after being laid off from a Marketing Director position with a San Diego based high tech company in 2003. I was turned on to the concept of coworking in 2010, when I hosted a networking event, for an organization I was leading, at San Diego’s first coworking space, the Hive Haus.

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Social Media Best Practices for Your Nonprofit

Board Effect

Unless nonprofits are careful, they can be subject to a host of pitfalls that can put an organization at risk for liability and other legal problems. Announce your nonprofit’s role when another user uses the nonprofit’s name elsewhere on the web. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 prohibits unsolicited email notices.

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My new fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

their brands are less developed, so most people would struggle to name a show. you need an app that streams podcasts (Apple has one by default). The second level?—?they’re they’re anonymous. As podcasts are a (relatively) new media format?—?their Third, podcasts are not very easy to find.

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20 Networking Tips from a PR Expert [+ GIVEAWAY]

Up and Running

I didn’t start actively networking until I started my business in 2003. If you can, host events at your workplace. You can certainly take the person out to lunch, donate to his favorite charity in his name, or send a thank-you gift (for example, a gift certificate). I have a secret. For best results, get active. Congratulations!

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