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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood. 14- Polaroid.

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Making an amazing introduction via email (via John Exley)

Eric Friedman

Eric is the General Manager of Expa Labs , an incubator in Soho backed by $100MM that is investing $500k each in its first six companies ( TechCrunch story here ). Previously, Eric was the Global Senior Director of Sales and Revenue Operations for Foursquare. ERIC : Eric, please meet Mike Falb ( AngelList: https://angel.co/mikefalb

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Splunk Founder Now Launches Entrepreneurs, Not Startups

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Michael Baum ( @michaelbaum ), whom I first met at LinuxWorld at in 2004, has a charismatic personality and an extraordinary track record, largely unheralded. Founder.org founder Michael Baum. In Paris today at the World Founder Forum he announced the top 10 student team winners who split $1 million in seed money prizes.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc.,

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

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Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Global Syndication Partners. Trending Stories. Duqu Virus Tied to Microsoft Windows Bug.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

When my co-founder and I began brainstorming company names, we knew we needed the word ‘influence’ in our name. StartupDevKit is a new type of online startup incubator and accelerator but also helps startup-related companies, as well. Thanks to Graciela Tiscareno-Sato, Gracefully Global Group LLC ! #16- 12- Two reasons.

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