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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I was required to design the logos for each of the companies. I also inquired with a professor at a university that provided design about accepting the assignment as a practical. 11- By identifying customers demand. My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999.

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How 99Designs.com came to be

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

He figured out quickly that there was a demand for printed tutorials. He said they found some sh*ty online print on demand service who could take credit cards and went from there. Organically, graphic design competitions were happening with no money involved. SP had a lot of tutorials that were downloaded a lot.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

These companies get the prevention-promotion balance right by evaluating every aspect of their business model—making near-term changes that reduce costs now and after demand returns (unlike layoffs). Survey design. Progressive. Image source ).

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It’s Better to Beg for Forgiveness than to Ask for Permission

Both Sides of the Table

In 1999 I was working in the London offices of Andersen Consulting. I had been working on marketing & strategy initiatives for European telcos for the past several years helping them to think through and design Internet offerings. Both Tyler & I are Nihon -files. It was right up my alley in terms of skill sets and interests.

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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

Both Sides of the Table

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. It’s what I call “ the evangelical phase ” of a company in which you’re out trying to persuade customers that a product you’ve designed is going to meet their needs better than other solutions on the market.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

In places where international diplomacy had failed, citizens around the world found their individual and collective voices to topple dictatorships and demand better lives for themselves and future generations. What comes next remains to be seen but these revolutions even empowered individuals not touched directly by the uprisings.

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Most Startups Should be Deer Hunters

Both Sides of the Table

Initially as a systems designer and programmer and post MBA as a strategy consultant. On some level we felt we did because being a SaaS company in 1999 was trailblazing. Some companies / products are designed for large organizations from day 1. Companies post the $5 / month product designed for self-service clients.

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