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Advice From a Successful Female Business Owner: “Don’t Wait Until You are at the Top of Your Game to Get Covered”

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in 2004 and has grown her project management company into a success that makes $1 million in revenue annually. 13% were dissatisfied with corporate America. Furthermore, the Insurance Information Institute estimates that close to 40% of small business owners have no insurance at all. Violet Stephens started Proje Inc.

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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

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Although there are numerous acceleration and incubation programs out there, getting into one can be difficult let alone finding the right one for you. To improve your chance of getting recruited, here are four of the best websites to apply for these elusive programs globally. Europe, Asia and South America.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

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Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. Today, that niche has grown into a chasm and YogaFit® has become the largest training school for yoga instructors in North America.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

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million in 2004 to $6.5 In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. They also incorporated a satisfaction survey program to gain a fresh perspective on new customers needs and desires. higher customer lifetime value. image source.

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

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million in 2004 to $6.5 In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. They also incorporated a satisfaction survey program to gain a fresh perspective on new customers needs and desires. higher customer lifetime value. image source.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

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million in 2004 to $6.5 In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. They also incorporated a satisfaction survey program to gain a fresh perspective on new customers needs and desires. higher customer lifetime value. image source.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). If Reid were to start a company today he’d probably have every VC in America offering to back him, but this wasn’t necessarily the case when we started LinkedIn out of his apartment in Mountain View at the end of 2002.