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Entrepreneurial events firm Summit Series acquires Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort for $40m

The Next Web

In April 2008, the Summit Series’ beginnings began dubiously when 22-year old media entrepreneur Elliott Bisnow invited the nation’s top entrepreneurs out for a ski weekend to Utah’s Alta resort and put the entire bill on his credit card. million infrastructure bond to refurbish local roads, sewer and water systems.

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3 Shifts That Will Take Your Story To The Next Level

Duct Tape Marketing

Their story-based email campaign shared stories like Giselle , a 12-year-old girl forced to flee her home in the Eastern Congo when fighting broke out. Many were curated by humans. Social media (i.e. And how the money was being spent. Then it called for action — a donation. That campaign revealed that Giselle was one of 1.2

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