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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development.

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What is the secret to remote work? Just ask your Sales team.

Austin Startup

Let’s take your standard Enterprise Client Partner, who manages a $3M book of business with 20 Accounts. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the best Enterprise Account Executives and Client Partners in the business. In an office setting, working relationships can develop naturally and slowly over time.

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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. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. 4- Netflix.

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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. The SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) collaborates with myriad agencies and organizations to make business ownership and business development resources available to women.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

Whether they’re streaming information about their latest developments or just photos from an afternoon baseball game, we’re seeing more CEOs on Twitter than ever before. davemorin : Co-founder and CEO of Path Dave Morin shares developments from his work on @davemorin. CEOs: they’re just like us!

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Glen McKay: From Newfoundland Fishing Boat Deckhand to Mining CEO

Hearpreneur

In 1997, McKay co-founded junior mineral resource company, Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. Cascabel has been in the news because BHP Billiton and Newcrest Mining, two of the world’s largest gold and copper miners, have purchased shares in SolGold, Cornerstone’s partner in the project. 2,050 Mt @ 0.60% CuEq (at 0.2%

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. A unified, single source reference of hyper-granular, asset-level data is being developed, from which critical, unavailable information can be extrapolated. Click here to buy tickets.