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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. My favorite entrepreneur turnaround story is that of Lord Alan Sugar.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

When picking the name, I thought about the fact that there are 200 million people taking meds in the United States, yet patients currently have no collective leverage, visibility, or bargaining power. The post 26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names appeared first on Hearpreneur.

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Supporting the Zane Access Inaugural Pre-Capital Program Cohort

Feld Thoughts

On Monday, June 1st, I told Amy that I wanted to engage deeply in helping eliminate racism in the United States. I’ve been involved in gender inequity issues since I joined the National Center for Women & Information Technology board in 2005 shortly after it was formed.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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5 Things You Must Do To Run Your Business

YoungUpstarts

As an entrepreneur, your days will be filled with surprises and unexpected lessons. While there are many tasks you must juggle to do this, these five tips will help you stay grounded as an entrepreneur: 1. Being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean you have to do everything by yourself. by Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Bizfi.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners on their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- He has dreamed of becoming a successful entrepreneur since he was a child, and with that aim in mind, he has dedicated himself to hard work that has led him to where he is now. 1- General Motors.

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

Founded in 2005 by Aaron Levie (CEO) and Dylan Smith (CFO), Box provides a secure content sharing platform where content can be shared internally and externally, accessed through iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows Phone applications, among others, and extended to partner applications such as Google Apps, NetSuite and Salesforce.

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