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Why Gen Z Should Be Your Small Business’s Next Big Focus

The Startup Magazine

Now, a lot of businesses only see Gen Z as teenagers, but this generation started in 1997, so essentially, the older ones are in their late 20s, slowly creeping to their 30s. Plus, they’re incredibly socially conscious, caring deeply about issues like sustainability, diversity, and social justice.

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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. WhatsApp became one of the most popular apps for social media by 2014.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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7 Keys To Being An Exceptional Business Leader Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. Not so long ago, business leaders operated behind the scenes, and even long-time employees rarely heard from them or saw them in the news.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

@dennysantoso : Founder and CEO if SixReps.com Danny Santoso tweets all about social fitness, fat loss, and nutrition. brrhodes : IceRocket search engine founder and CEO Blake Rhodes tweets about his insights into social media and the online world.

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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. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. 3 specific issues: 1. How we embrace technology for good.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

relevant traffic and social media engagement. Now a full-service agency, lotus823 combines traditional public relations, progressive content marketing, search engine optimization, and social media as well as Amazon marketing and website design for fully integrated strategies. 30- Social network for ideas.