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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Hunter Walk: I know you started Dogster, one of the seminal early online communities, but I don’t know Dogster’s founding story. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) Photo Credit: Christopher Michel. How did the site come about? This was pre-Google images, pre-MySpace/Facebook.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Your brand values should permeate through your entire business and marketing strategy , from external interactions (including social media content) to internal culture (more on that in a bit). In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. The solution: build a brand.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

I figured if Matt was on the verge of bankruptcy and one mentor changed his trajectory, what if we had a formalized, community-wide program? o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back – MagazineLiteracy.org

crowdSPRING Blog

Give Back is the crowdSPRING community’s way of helping worthy non-profit and charity causes in need. Creatives in the crowdSPRING community have agreed that for these special projects, no monetary awards will be given. We’re thrilled that the crowdSPRING community’s next Give Back project is for MagazineLiteracy.org.

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30 Entrepreneurs Discuss Whether or Not There Will Be More Entrepreneurs in the Future

Hearpreneur

More and more people are creating their business online, developing it through social media. The number of new entrepreneurs in the US has been rising annually since 2004. More and more people are starting their own businesses due to websites and social media making it easier to connect with the world and see what the market demands.

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Founder Interview: Jim Elliott – Volunteer to NonProfit Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

In 1996, Jim left his career in the media industry—working with Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio and CLTV News—to become a full-time volunteer and teach individuals with disabilities how to scuba dive. TSM: Tell us about making that leap from a corporate media job to a startup. What were the first hurdles? Jim: The decision was challenging.

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