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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Fortunately, virtually all of these local VCs want to coinvest with reputable US VCs. . Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Two of our companies have African-American CEOs; two have Latino CEOs. (I

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Fortunately, virtually all of these local VCs want to coinvest with reputable US VCs. . Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Two of our companies have African-American CEOs; two have Latino CEOs. (I

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. In 2004, Roo founded we:nited magazine – a youth politics magazine and website.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most. Since coming to Australia in 2004 my passion for creativity was further boosted and was well alive while still doing my business degree and working in corporate world until 2011.

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Out of the Crisis #5, ANA Therapeutics: a possible COVID-19 treatment and prophylactic

Startup Lessons Learned

And so, when we said that jokingly, Nadja diligently started going through the literature research, and in five minutes pulled up a paper saying, "Well, here's a paper that shows that during the SARS outbreak in 2004, niclosamide was actually a very potent inhibitor of viral replication."

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

Chris had been working on creating a better desktop search since early 2004, knowing that no existing solutions were any good. He talks about the power of Graham’s reputation, and describes that time as “a moment” – one of those opportunities that come out of nowhere and you just have to take. Daily Dose. Design & Dev.