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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. Photo Credit: Rob Greene. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13-

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Why You Should Use Localisation in a Globalised World

The Startup Magazine

of consumers said that ability to obtain information in their own language is more important than price and 72.4% of consumers said they would be more likely to buy a product with information in their own language. Translating correctly into the local market language is as important as sensitivity to cultural issues.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.) Scaling Lesson #1: get close to customers early, really close, to help inform your pivots. That is why I’ve chosen athenahealth for the third in my series on scaling (following Akamai and TripAdvisor ). Founding Story: A Pivot.

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Should You Serve Fair Trade Coffee?

Up and Running

What about the farms, are they environmentally friendly, and are they using green and sustainable methods? Certification began in 1997, as a concrete way to ensure that a fair trade certified (FTC) label on a product meant that a series of milestones had been met, and a socially conscious consumer could rest easy with their purchase.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

Duct Tape Marketing

He’s out with yet another co-authored book with Nancye Green called — Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence. Jason Bay is a leading sales expert, and he talks with other leading sales experts to get you the information you need. Uh, Nancy Green is no slouch on her own, right? I have recent episode. Check it out.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

Ive amassed a personal collection of source information over the past 15 years, this summary mainly includes information that you can readily find on the Web. Green, York University, Toronto, Canada. I dont want you to take my word for it: I want you to be able to go out and read the original source material for yourself.