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True Story: How Bplans.com Started in 1995

Up and Running

January of 1995. The so-called “Internet” had existed for years, but seemed to the rest of us (anybody outside of a few spook havens and ivory towers) like a nerdy background utility for emails. In 1997 we hired an NYU undergrad to create a better bplans.com site, focusing on business planning and especially publishing sample plans.

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Keys To Develop A Great Small Business Growth Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Small businesses are responsible for as much as 65 percent of the new jobs created since 1995. The use of online marketing, email campaigns and other efforts are effective ideas in many industries. Hiring a professional marketing team may be worth the expense in some cases. Seek Funding When Necessary.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

But it occurred to me today – after getting another email asking me how I’d become a VC, that I wasn’t really answering the question. Shortly after that VC investment, the VCs hired a new “professional” CEO who lasted less than a year before being replaced by a CEO who then did a great job building the company.

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Are India’s IT managers holding back the country’s startup growth?

The Next Web

A lot of people joined the industry from 1995-96.”. As India’s IT sector boomed and so did its companies, these new hires grew too, making IT the hottest career choice at the turn of the century. Lot of these hires kept growing within their companies and the industry doing one thing—managing people. They have no skills.

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Are you at risk for tech killing your job?

Berkonomics

Consider this bit of recent history: In 1995, thirty-five million people used the Internet. Email readers, continue here…] By 2024, at least ninety percent of the global population will have regular Internet access. For example, 81% of businesses hiring today want graduates with business or accounting degrees.

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How to Hack Growth When Growth Stalls

ConversionXL

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The best part is when you’re abroad and responding to emails during the day there but in the middle of the night in the US. Before I knew it, I had a solid client base and too much business to handle on my own – I incorporated, made my first hire, and became an accidental business owner. 11 – My Parents.

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