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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started Mobile Home Friend, LLC with my son back in 2015. Thanks to Chuck O’Dell, Mobile Home Friend, LLC ! #6- I went to bed and prayed for some guidance, and as odd as it sounds, I dreamed about a new product to invent, Finders Key Purse(r). Thanks to Cindra McCoy, Guide Dots, LLC ! #14- 6- To foster human connection.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Adam Enfroy, Adam Enfroy Ventures LLC ! #15- Thanks to Oliver Hudson, Word Finder ! #24- And in less than twenty years, it has changed the way that we, as a species, reach out to and connect with each other. 15- Airbnb. Photo Credit: Paige Arnof-Fenn. 24- Basecamp. Photo Credit: Nick Yu.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Nick Edwards, Snow Finders ! #3- Thanks to Alex Williams, FindThisBest LLC ! #14- One of the values that can help you achieve your objective is commitment. Even if you start at the back of the pack, if you commit to finishing the race, you will succeed, I believe. 3- Mate Rimac. Photo Credit: Johnny Hartin. 14- Flickr.

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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

not an LLC or a partnership; the world of startups is the world of corporations. Rule #2 : do not pay “finder’s fees”/commissions unless the finder is a registered “broker-dealer”. Walker Corporate Law – boutique corporate law firm based in SF. doing this for 18+ years. Mistake #1: Forming the Wrong Entity.

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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies?

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FindersCodes – Recover Lost Items Through QR Codes

YoungUpstarts

Instead of using it for marketing purposes, FinderCodes LLC ( www.FinderCodes.com ) has created a patent-pending, electronic lost and found system for consumers that combines the use of mobile phones, QR codes and apps to help recover lost items. Owners can even entice finders with a reward for returning the item.

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

We decided that what was missing was a Contact Finder, a version of search that would let a LinkedIn user find potential vendors. Operating on the embarrassment principle, we launched without Contact Finder. Published by Currency, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. We were presented with a difficult choice?

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