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The Age of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

To be sure, a number of well-known tech titans started more-or-less this way: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few. The 55-64 age bracket exhibited the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity every year from 1996 to 2008, while the 20-34 bracket actually had the lowest rate.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. The importance of a domain name. For Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin, finding a good domain name was a key part of his branding strategy. Step 5: Get financed.

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Compensating a consultant at start-up phase

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Affiliate Program. —————————————— [Name withheld]. Consulting rates go all over the place, but you’re going to pay more than that in many cities for a first-rate name-brand management consultant. Business Plan Software. Email Management.

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12 Questions: Meet Jeff Quigley (Canada)

crowdSPRING Blog

My name is Jeff Quigley and I live in a small coastal community called Musquodoboit Harbour (pronounced musk-o-dob-it) in Nova Scotia Canada. Is there an interesting business name? I finally was able to buy my first Mac in 1996 and I never turned back. Jeff lives and works in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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12 Questions: Meet Jeff Quigley (Canada)

crowdSPRING Blog

My name is Jeff Quigley and I live in a small coastal community called Musquodoboit Harbour (pronounced musk-o-dob-it) in Nova Scotia Canada. Is there an interesting business name? I finally was able to buy my first Mac in 1996 and I never turned back. Jeff lives and works in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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