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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

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As much as people love mom-and-pop businesses, it can be hard for these small shops to compete with the big guys. Nonetheless, some of the biggest and most successful companies in the world got their start as a small mom-and-pop business. Energy Brands was founded in 1996 by J.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs - Silicon Valley: The Next Renaissance

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First, Ankit Duggal from Clifton, New Jersey, pitched RER LLC , a firm that currently manages a real estate investment fund and is working on an investment advisory service catering to real estate investors - individuals and small businesses. Ankit has done a nice job of segmenting his market and focusing on two cities in New Jersey.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

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As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

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She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. Girish Mathrubootham, from Chennai, India, discussed FreshDesk , a full-featured social customer support SaaS offering targeted toward small businesses.