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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #17: On failure and resilience

Austin Startup

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on December 7, 2013. For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. No matter the name?—?the and I bet he’ll be back. or break?—?the

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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. 1- Initials of a longer name. With a different business model, we wanted a name that didn’t sound like areal estate brokerage.

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Your 2015 guide to summer reading for startups

The Next Web

Aside from having an awesome name, this book looks at how a successful software company is built and run. Useful and important for understanding the importance of rest. It never rests in the same place for long without some external force. The Year without Pants by Scott Berkun. Which software company? Automattic.

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Getting Better At Email

YoungUpstarts

by MaryAnn Bekkedahl, co-founder and president of theSwizzle. The rest is just digital noise. With the trend of email overload more than likely to continue in 2013, the time has come to clean up, prioritize and organize your inbox so that the emails you do receive are the ones you want to keep.

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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. Startups of 2013. The rest is history. She should know. The Idea Behind Airbnb. It can be accessed via the Internet or mobile application.

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From email scams to e-commerce wins: How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation

The Next Web

Monty Munford is the founder of Mob76 , a company that helps companies become investible and prepares them for exit. According to Transparency International in 2013, Nigeria was the world’s 144th most corrupt country out of the 177 countries monitored. Moreover, investment in the country has been slow to accelerate.

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What Are Pre-Seed Rounds and Why Do They Exist?

View from Seed

To ensure you receive the rest, subscribe here. At NextView, we prefer to think in terms of a startup’s actual business progression rather than round names. So, between 2008 and 2013, the early-stage landscape looked more like the middle segment of the chart. technical co-founder). Tweet this.).