YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

They had a phenomenal obsession with customer service and offered free shipping and returns. eBay was ultimately unable to generate sufficient profits and synergies from the acquisition. They devalued the company and sold 70% of the business to private investors in 2009. Questionable business model. Unprofitable.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. ” Take advantage of being on-demand and allow customers to try and buy your service with as little friction as possible. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. 16 comments: BdH. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Right out of Graduate School, I started my career with one of the big four accounting firms in their M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) practice. I travelled all over the world wherever business deals were happening, gained tremendous experience and exposure to the Corporate landscape, and learned invaluable life lessons in my career.

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