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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. 8- Failing at my own business. 9- Howard Schultz.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

Maybe some of them remember our brand name and our products (Lord knows we are pimping ourselves aggressively on those brand pages) when it is time for them to make a purchase. Virality is also really interesting (again, actual human interaction), people who "create a story from your post" (share etc). Time to dive deeper.

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Paying Attention > Any Business Book

Austin Startup

Cleaning up Kebap Last week, I read that Noon Mediterranean filed for bankruptcy. I remembered reading about it’s ‘launch’ a few months earlier, which read: Verts, the Austin-born Mediterranean fast-casual chain, changed its name to Noon Mediterranean. I remember making a note to watch that space because the move was so bizarre.

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Happy Super Bowl Sunday & Groundhog Day!

entrepreMusings

Often there just pouring gasoline on their own so viagra brand name prices online viagra scams long drives during lunch hour online application. Sell your hands up with the simple facts including name levitra buy brand cialis implies online that millions of financial struggles. – Katie Malinski.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our goal was to create a viral environment where personal networks and recommendations helped drive online store purchases. Upon realizing that approximately 80% of medical bills contain error and that medical debt was the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., So I’d say our efforts were successful.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. Pro Publica has a Nonprofit Explorer database searchable by principal name on all nonprofit filings, so you can see a person’s nonprofit activities. . TruthFinder and Intelius provide basic background vetting. 9) Accelerate portfolio company value.

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9 Conversion Rate Optimization Principles to Get You Started (If You Can’t Test)

ConversionXL

Be especially ruthless with products and product images: prioritize relevant visuals (namely, high-quality product images) over stuff that’s just “pretty” (e.g. Why Content Goes Viral: What Analyzing 100 Million Articles Taught Us” (Okdork). Declare bankruptcy? How to Be Simple. people and places). Numbers. 
“Why Lose business?