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Funding for Women-Owned Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. This has been adapted from Target Funding:A Proven System to Get the Money and Resources You Need to Start or Grow Your Business (McGraw-Hill, July 12, 2019). Editors Note.

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

Austin Startup

I truly hope it helps you achieve your dreams in 2019 and beyond. Not surprisingly, I suggest you start by reading Man’s Search for Meaning to get centered and find your inner passion (author’s update note: reading this incredible book in 2019 would be a great way to start the New Year).

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The Uber IPO – Imaginary Profits Only

Start Up Blog

So get ready for some finance meets tech nerdocity below. Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded. Uber IPO 2019 – 10 years after it was founded. The Valuation: Uber was priced at $45 USD per share giving it a valuation of around $82 billion USD. Google IPO 2004 – 5 years after it was founded.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Warren Buffet, 1997. This data set looks at 8,610 IPOS over 39 years from 1980-2019. “As they say in poker, ‘If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.‘” Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff. I want you to focus on the average first day return (over 39 years!)

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