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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying).

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #11: New Year’s advice for middle-aged people

Austin Startup

Ironically, they’ll especially think this if they are working in a big company because they are more cautious about taking risks on “no-names”. I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having DFS was formed in 1997 to provide Dell customers the best financing options.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our mission stems from our passion in creating automotive technology disruption, our vision of a more sustainable future and our belief in astoundingly desirable designs that the Fisker name has been known for all around the world. My co-founder and I started LaunchHouse, a coworking community, at the height of the Great Recession in 2008.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. That’s what spawned the idea that I can do better and namely how computer users deserved much better. At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books.

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10 Tips To Help You Build A Successful Small Business Brand

Duct Tape Marketing

One of the most iconic brands of our time – Apple – was reborn after it launched, in 1997, an innovative campaign inviting people to “Think Different” Today, Apple products are perceived to be better designed, more fun, and more reliable than products from Apple’s competitors. Have a good name and logo.