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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. The name of this startup was Flipkart and they started it with $6,500. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Source: Pexels.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials: Introduction

Austin Startup

Lucky7 is named after my mom , who was an amazing woman and entrepreneur herself. The delivery model was superior to our competitors and eventually we disrupted them and became one of the global market leaders. Brant Barton, my co-founder, and I had left Coremetrics to start it together. And that power is global?—?Bazaarvoice

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” can introduce a ‘fighter brand,’ a lower-priced version of the premium offering sold under a different name and backed by minimal advertising.” Tim Stewart, trsdigital. But nothing gets better if we stand still. Image source ).

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Finding Founders

shelfmade.wordpress.com

ShelfMade Home About Best Article You’ll Ever Read and Not Understand Finding Non-Tech Founders October 3, 2007.5:27 Are people that you meet (point 2) passing you the names of programmers? If I would have kept my mouth shut I would probably still be looking for a co-founder. Start Without Your Co-Founder.

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Start Your Own Airbnb In The UK

YoungUpstarts

Adora Cheung, co-founder and CEO of Homejoy, said in an interview with Forbes that “ Startup is a state of mind.” Homejoy was named one of the Hottest U.S. Today, we know it by the name “ Airbnb ,” a global company that operates as one of the world’s largest online marketplace and hospitality service.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I come up with this business name with a few ideas that lead to one thing. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea.

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