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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

New tech entrepreneurs can find it difficult to surmount the onslaught of obstacles to getting a new business off the ground. In 1998, a few years after launching, the company got a $200,000 SBA-guaranteed loan. Some days can feel so frustrating that you consider giving up. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success.

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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

ReadWriteStart

In 1998, Google founders were ready to sell it to Yahoo for USD one million — but Yahoo refused the opportunity. Blinded by its advertising revenue , Yahoo let customer experience take a backseat. It kept changing its interface frequently, up to the point that its users struggled to get used to it.

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My 25th Anniversary As An Online Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

In 1998 I registered my first domain name. At its best my new […] The post My 25th Anniversary As An Online Entrepreneur appeared first on Yaro.Blog. At its best my new […] The post My 25th Anniversary As An Online Entrepreneur appeared first on Yaro.Blog. This was the first website I built that made money.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – Fell in Love. My advice for people making the switch from full-time worker to entrepreneur is to know your strengths. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of.

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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

But entrepreneurs entering regulated markets need to understand how the game is played, how they can play it, what their VC’s should be doing to help them, and how to win. The tech ecosystem got a rude awakening in May 1998 when the U.S. [link] ) Let’s be clear, rent seekers and regulatory capture strangle innovation in its crib.

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My 25th Anniversary As An Online Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

In 1998 I registered my first domain name. At its best my new […] The post My 25th Anniversary As An Online Entrepreneur appeared first on Yaro.Blog. At its best my new […] The post My 25th Anniversary As An Online Entrepreneur appeared first on Yaro.Blog. This was the first website I built that made money.

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The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

All types of entrepreneurs become this intertwined in their work, often at a price. Consider that 72 percent of entrepreneurs self-reported a personal or family history of mental health issues in a study led by Michael Freeman, M.D. Academic researchers seem to take it for granted that entrepreneurs are stress cases.

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