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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

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Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN). Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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When my father had his business plan all set up, he brought it to the rabbi and got a benediction for a successful business. When he left the neighborhood, he decided that because he got a benediction from the rabbi in Crown Heights, he’d name his business (CrownTV’s parent company) Crown Heights.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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After a few months, the demo site won a business plan competition. It takes more than an "idea" to make a viable business, and as such it should take more than an "idea" to get a cofounder (technical or otherwise) on board. Public Relations For Startups. Reply Delete Add comment Load more.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Your analogies are flawed as it shows both your lack of understanding of.NEt and even the fast food business. We wrote all of our software in VB6 and then ported it to.NET in 2001/2002. Consult your public relations team before posting about things your clearly do not understand. Michael Chan. March 27, 2011 at 7:14 pm.

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