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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. Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl ! #4- 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

@skaritt : Social media junkie and CEO of FlockMarketing.com tweets all about marketing through social networking. FuelOnline : Fuel CEO Scott Levy has been working in social media and SEO since 1997. tombed : CEO of AKQA Tom Bedecarre discusses his work in digital marketing and technology serves.

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The rules of success are changing

The Next Web

I remember how nervous I was when I met the competitor to my first startup, in 1997, afraid as I was that I would accidentally slip him an important piece of information that he would be able to use against me. There is room for more than one social network, photo-sharing app or technology news blog.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

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. In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU.

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Lean In Or Get Out: 11 Tips For Using Your Expertise To Create A Wickedly Successful Business

YoungUpstarts

A recent American Express OPEN study shows that women-owned businesses are playing a significant role in job creation (second only to publicly traded companies) and that the number of women-owned businesses has increased by 59 percent since 1997. In fact, you may even be trading in a 60-hour work week for an 80-hour work week.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. This lasted from about 2001-2004. Total raised: $30mm.

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17-Point Program to Have the Best Year of Your Life

Life Beyond Code

Never confuse entertainment for education or engagement: Most of your activities in the social networks you belong to will fall under entertainment unless you think through your interactions well before hand. Save time and more by skipping News: I must have spent close to 200 hours watching news or reading newspapers since 1997.