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Cash Flow Matters: Accounts Receivable Financing Fuels New Model Of Working Capital

YoungUpstarts

It’s this battle to control the stop and go nature of start-up cash flow that is driving growth in accounts receivable financing, also known as factoring. The billions funded by factoring in 2013 are anticipated to grow, based on consistent average growth of 10 percent annually since 1993. Understanding Factoring.

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dot429.com – Professional Networking For The LGBT Community

YoungUpstarts

dot429 – 4-2-9 spells G-A-Y on a telephone keypad – is offered as a platform to connect with new partners, investors and employees both online and in-person. com ) – a professional networking site for LGBT community and their allies. The site also hosts brunches, speaker series and conferences across America.

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What is ESG Due Diligence? And Why is it Important to You?

The Startup Magazine

The term, literally meaning “required carefulness” or “reasonable care” has been in use since the fifteenth century and more recently became a legalised term in 1993 under the United States Securities Act. Due diligence can take on many forms, depending on the situation and its purpose. ESG due diligence can point you in the right direction.

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Falling Out Of Love With Being CEO

Feld Thoughts

But we stayed after it and built a successful company that was consistently profitable and acquired by a public company in 1993 for a few million dollars. In his post Swapping Drivers on this Long Road Trip Together , he handed the CEO role over to his long time business partner Sarah Bird. We invested in Moz in April 2012.

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30 Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Silvia Borges, Regional Rural Finance ! #5- My partners & I envisioned WhatManandVan as a solution to this problem, aiming to streamline the moving process for countless individuals. 5- I wanted flexible working hours Photo Credit: Samantha Chua I started my own business because I wanted flexibility in location and time.

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An Interview with Steve Ligouri, Serial Innovator

Startup Lessons Learned

I’m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) , the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America. What was it, and how did it come about?

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Partnering with the United Nations’ School Feeding initiative, the company blends business and activism by selling merchandise and donating the profits to Latin American, Asian, and African children in need. Sheila Johnson at Prendismo Collection , Dec.