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A Brief History of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Women Entrepreneurs Can

They began this practice fairly recently, in 1997. Today, the organization is the largest business federation in the US Government. In 2015, the Chamber of Commerce began dabbling in other areas of US politics, as they promoted an agenda focused on Jobs, Growth, and Opportunity. The Chamber of Commerce Today.

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Paying Lip Service to Developing Entrepreneurs

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. We hear lots of talk from government officials about developing entrepreneurs. Let’s challenge government officials who spout rhetoric about personal responsibility but don’t support small business.

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

Reid Hoffman

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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What if it’s 1996, not 1999?

Seeing Both Sides

In 1997, a Charles River Ventures fund yielded a stunning 15x return, backing such superstars as Ciena, Vignette and Flycast. The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year. Matrix had a fund in 1998 that yielded an eye-popping 514+% IRR. But what if it’s actually more akin to 1996?

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

A photo posted by CEO Blog Nation : I am CEO (@ceoblognation) on Aug 18, 2015 at 2:23pm PDT. #1) Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. I had previously worked at an executive level in the government, specialising in international relations.