Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although Sharktank has been running reruns on Fridays the last few weeks, the show ran a Sharktank 2012 Holiday special on Tuesday night. Even after paying the two founders $100,000 collectively in salary, the business still made a profit in the $125,000 to $150,000 range. This was a crazy deal for the entrepreneurs to take.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today. The 2008 financial crisis was still fresh on our minds and people were more careful when taking each business step.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2014

When disaster strikes in your area and your business is affected, what’s next? For many small businesses, the future can be extremely uncertain. During the process of rebuilding, most small business owners will ask themselves if it’s time to apply for a disaster loan, or if that is a viable option for them.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012. 8- Appreciate small businesses. I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses. Now it’s the most satisfying business I’ve ever been associated with.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. It shows a return to cautious optimism despite growth lower than expected in 2012, and much improved perspective from the record-high pessimism of the last few years. More focus on strategic planning.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Based on 2011 I think it’s possible to make a range of predictions for 2012 that basically is an acceleration of the trends we have seen in 2011: 1. Rising cost of transport will force larger customers to buy locally and a new generation of low cost automated manufacturing equipment will make small business competitive again.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Additionally, women actually lost ground over the past year in terms of actual dollar amount awarded by VCs to women-founded startup; in 2016, women were the recipients of “a smaller piece of the pie than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 2012,” according to Fortune. Research your vendors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” The “Tyranny of the OR” is a concept from the business best-seller “ Built to Last ,” by James C. billion in 2012. billion and that could be $5.2

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

My background comes from owning my own photography business when I became an entrepreneur back in 2008. I launched my first online bootcamp in 2012 and then launched my DIY SEO blog called Get Found With Fuse. My side hustle is to perform freelance marketing and SEO audits for small businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

25, 2012: Beh Weng Wei won the grand prize at the 2011 Young Entrepreneur Awards for his Frambie pitch, which eliminates some of the stress associated with custom picture framing and should be launching in Singapore on June 1, 2012. 9, 2012: Thanks to Emily May’s Hollaback! Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Previously, businesses seeking to raise capital were required to either pitch their plans exclusively to so-called accredited investors—individuals with at least $1 million in net worth (excluding their primary residence) or $200,000 in annual income—or offer a regulated security (such as stocks or corporate bonds).

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2013

2008 may not even seem that long ago to some of you. According to Pew Internet & American Life Project back around 2008, only about ½ the North American population even used online devices and a mere 8% were deep users of the web. Here are some criteria to help see if you’re website is hip and happening or pathetic and passé.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2016

But since being a good business owner is not restricted to high levels of intelligence, there are other factors to be considered. A grumpy boss does not create a positive work environment, yet happiness is a factor highly regarded in business culture. Biss & Hasher, 2012). by “starting the day off right”). .

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 16, 2016

My initial passion to start my own business was because I saw a need for quality marketing in the small business realm, and I wanted my own freedom. I wanted to work on my own terms and create my own business with my own team, and essentially, create my very own company culture. It’s my passion.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

because I knew there was a better way to integrate growth services into businesses to yield a far bigger ROI. For example, ater working with a handful of small businesses, I realized buzz words like “SEO” were often thrown about as a way to generate revenue, but few knew how to make them work for their business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2019

I’m not coming from a judgmental place because when I started in SEO, I launched my first site in 2008. It was all about tricking the algorithm and I didn’t really break that bad habit until 2012. They warned people for years before 2012. I was there. I lived in a little apartment in New York.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I started a real estate business because I needed more freedom and to be in a career where I had full control of my schedule, my growth, and my income. I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Antonio has a portfolio of Web-based business process management applications for small businesses with 10-100 employees. And finally, I also took them through a discussion on why this is not a business that can be funded, but rather can be a highly lucrative cash business. And a very large one at that.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 7, 2013

These individuals have a special talent for communicating the value a business’ products provide. For many small business owners, that rainmaker is their website. Sales lead forms on small business website usually have a conversion rate of about 5%. What impact would adding a new rainmaker have on your team?

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Small Business Force

APRIL 12, 2013

Track them closely and see how you can either use or leverage their use for your small business. In the e-learning space, a company called Instructure was started in 2008 featured a Learning Management System (LMS) called Canvas. say nothing of similar announcements by other big retailers throughout 2011 and 2012.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

It starts with “Plan-As-You-Go” instead of detailed, formal business plans. Lean Planning started with Tim Berry ‘s 2008 “ Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan ” which was a new way for entrepreneurs to think about planning. Both Silicon Valley startups and Main Street small businesses need to know how they are doing.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Facebook 2012: What the Future Holds for the Social Media Powerhouse. As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. Subscribe to the Business channel. More Stories in Business. Trending Stories. Become a fan on Facebook.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. Crowdfunding has the unique ability to become an incremental source of funding for startups and small businesses. 7 comments: Dave.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. The estimated annual GMV of GOAT and its leading competitor Stock X is already over $1B per year (on a combined basis).

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Lean Planning is a concept that we introduced back in 2012 as an evolution in business planning. The traditional business plan just wasn’t fitting the needs of modern, fast-moving companies and it was time to bring more of a scientific approach to business planning. See Also: Business Planning Guide.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 22, 2020

During the brainstorming process, I knew in 2012 that the internet was clearly the next frontier in business. I changed it to Motion in 2008 as, at the time, I had a lot of clients in the sports/fitness industry. Back in 2008, including your target SEO keyphrase within your domain name or business name was all the rage!

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2015

” Peter : The interesting thing for small businesses, I think, is what can we learn from this idea of begging the question? Peter : For main street small business, for the best food cart in town, for the online reseller of Etsy goods, where do you begin? Joe : [inaudible 00:14:23] I’m happy to be here.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 21, 2016

Matt also talks about the power of getting out of your own business and letting the true pros/colleagues run the show. Matt Shoup exists to inspire and ignite small business leaders to own and live their life with excellence. – Millionaire in 2008. – Multimillionaire in 2012. Our Guest . Show Links.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

When I sold the company in 2012 to HelloWorld, I spent a lot of time writing thank you notes. I sent notes to my clients, thanking them for their business, notes to my employees for all of their support over the years, and notes to HelloWorld directors, for their trust in purchasing my company. 4) Used to Reconnect.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Throughout my career I’ve run my own small businesses, consulted with small business owners, and built software for small business users. I’m one of the biggest small business advocates you’ll ever meet. In this article I’ll show you how to take your web marketing results into your own hands.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then small businesses start to use it. And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. It became very hard to get businesses to adopt new stuff. We think that basically about 10 years ago the model flipped.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

As someone who grew up using and ultimately becoming frustrated with the limitations of Microsoft tools, and grew up submitting and hating small-business expense reports, I hope I can convince you that we’re fighting for the same goals. Working for or started something in 2008 that may or may not make it.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012. VFA is sending high achieving recent college grads into small businesses and start-ups in inner cities. March 18, 2012 4:14 AM. April 30, 2012 11:40 AM. May 11, 2012 1:48 AM. May 23, 2012 6:41 AM. May 23, 2012 6:41 AM. ▼ 2012. (1). ► 2008. (14).

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