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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine.

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Amazon Web Services as Metaphor

aweissman.com

For someone like me who grew up in the Internet of 1997, to watch this was nothing short of revelatory. Those that worked, we added capacity, services, as needed, thus variablizing the entire product development process. For example, take the world of science, scientific discovery, scientific entrepreneurialism.

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Content Is Profit hosted by Louis and Fonzi Kame, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. It started in 1997 with his first letter and his last letter in 2000 that came out in 2021. So I think I'm the only Carmine Gallo in California.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

brian_wong : Follow Brian Wong, founder and CEO of Kipp, a rewards network for virtual achievements. PeterLongBSCF : Peter Long is the President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation, tweeting about making quality health care accessible for all. Business Advising & Resources. Media & Art.

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Austin’s Entrepreneurial Landscape

Austin Startup

The investment network here is growing, but is still grossly developing when compared to those coastal cities. If we look at the position of women specifically within this landscape, we see a thriving network for collaboration and a good support structure for female founders. versus $10M+).

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. 08:00 PM: Microsoft Party and Interactive Gallery Speakeasy – Three levels of music, hot DJ’s, drinks and networking at Austin’s hottest nightclub. A must attend event! 03:30 PM: Could The iPad Have Saved Gourmet?

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