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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. There are three sides to the network: the consumer, the venue and the advertiser.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! I would love logging in to Second Life to sell marketing and advertising to businesses trying to make it in a virtual setting. It turned out that there was!