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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We started Ottawa Special Events back in 2010 as a complete one-stop shop for all event rentals. So we began developing a serum using wild-harvested botanicals from right here in Wyoming's Teton Mountains. I could start my own business while also assisting lawyers in improving their web reputations. Photo Credit: Michael Wood.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

The whole process of building companies revolves around recognizing an opportunity, assembling the resources, building the company and harvesting the venture. If you have a reputation for cutting corners, not treating employees or partners right, it will become very difficult to do business. May 14, 2010 10:56 PM. Steve Bennet.

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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. But I stopped myself, realizing that I didn’t want to bash this small business online and forever tarnish their reputation. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review.

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Who Gets To Break The News That Your Puppy is Ugly? - Startups.

Tim Keane

« Planning for a Harvest | Main. The investor does not want to be critical, is concerned he may be incorrect, and worries about protecting his reputation-based deal flow. The investor does not want to be critical, is concerned he may be incorrect, and worries about protecting his reputation-based deal flow. October 2010.

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