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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.” Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Carlson put $4 million into it. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. Have a cushion.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. More than 1,600 VC investments in TMT have been made since 2007, with a record high of 436 in 2011.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #17: On failure and resilience

Austin Startup

It started in 2007 here in Austin and was founded by my friend Matt Cohen. he said if you carefully watch one of the big games there are usually just 3–4 plays that make?—?or And in the mid-1980s, that guardian angel was Aldus PageMaker. Matt and his new CEO, Steve Sachs, just raised $5.3 Bryan related it to sports?—?he or break?—?the

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. More than 1,600 VC investments in TMT have been made since 2007, with a record high of 436 in 2011.

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Growth Could Kill Your Company!

Duct Tape Marketing

When Alina Martin took over her father’s small company in 2007 it had been ticking along, growing slowly for several years. Remember when your 4-year old kept asking why, why, why? It’s tempting to seize your moment of popularity to keep on growing without doing proper screening or training of these partners.

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