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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

There are, of course, millions of published articles and blog posts about entrepreneurship, business, finance, and management. Of particular note to small business owners are courses covering small business management and strategy, marketing, and finance. Fortunately, we live in the golden age of online learning. ” edX.

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Three Common Expense Tracking Mistakes

YoungUpstarts

by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. William Olsen, CPA, Co-Founder and Director of Deductr been in the tax industry for 20 years and a licensed CPA since 1997. Professionalisms accounting expense tracking finance management taxation William Olsen'

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

There are, of course, millions of published articles and blog posts about entrepreneurship, business, finance, and management. Of particular note to small business owners are courses covering small business management and strategy, marketing, and finance. Fortunately, we live in the golden age of online learning. ” edX.

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Sales or Die

Spencer Fry

A little background on me for anyone who hasn’t been reading my articles since 2009: I started selling on the Internet when I was eleven years old, in 1995. Since then I’ve co-founded three successful companies: TypeFrag, Carbonmade and Uncover. Product has been all founders care about. Make sales or die. It’s revenue.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Adam Hergenrother, Hergenrother Enterprises ! #12

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. The third is high gross margins.