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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

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. We really started our company because of our shared love for adventure and the outdoors.

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

abovethecrowd.com

Warren Buffet, 1997. If they have worked in business for 20 years, you have an 700-1 experience differential right out of the gate. “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.

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