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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Reddit, a popular website for news and discussion, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. Thanks to Jen Wan, Soteri Skin ! #5- Photo Credit: Raven Cobb.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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He’s been at it since 2005. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. I believe this is wrong. Tweet This Post Facebook.

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

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Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector. Mobility really changes everything.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? On2 designed video codec technology which Google used to optimize its WebM video format. On2 Technologies. On2 Technologies. viral video. viral videos. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc.

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LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto