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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. 12- Solve a problem in international B2B payments. Thanks to Dr. Dan Danyo, North Atlanta Hair Restoration ! #4- 4- Started as a part-time work. Photo Credit: Aaron Steed.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. more on this below).

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. more on this below).

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

Legibility is concerned with the very fine details of typeface design, and in an operational context this usually means the ability to recognise individual letters or words. Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. Definitions. Legibility vs. readability.

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Should You Get Rid of Your Website’s Lead Forms?

ConversionXL

The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! Case in point: Earlier this year, we ran a secret shopper-style survey where we filled out lead capture forms and made sales inquires on 433 B2B websites. Let’s be clear: Messaging isn’t some new, hot trend or magical technology.