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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

When Johnny Earle, the founder of Johnny Cupcakes, started in 2001, he didn’t make baked goods; he sold t-shirts about baked goods! Participate in community events to expose people to your business. Leverage the power of the Internet to reach a global audience. He turned his startup capital of $6,700 into $1.2

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10 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

First they pivoted from video rentals by mail to smart suggestions by algorithm then they followed by leading the streaming revolution to now global domination. Conant joined the team in 2001, just as sales were declining for the company and its market value was decreasing. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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The Three Crises

Feld Thoughts

In addition, these are both localized (in a community), at a state level, a national level, and a global level. I was decimated in the collapse of the Internet bubble and had an extremely rough business experience from 2001 – 2006 (which I lovingly refer to as “The Grind”). Yeah – that’s a lot.

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Covid-19: Senator Bill Frist, M.D. Second Opinion Podcast

Feld Thoughts

Dr. Schuchat played key roles in CDC emergency responses including the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza response, the 2003 SARS outbreak in Beijing, and the 2001 bioterrorist anthrax response. Help out in the community for those who are greatest risks… Don’t go out to large gatherings. Find other ways to communicate.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” 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.”

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #15: The fallacy of risk in entrepreneurship

Austin Startup

And I guess it seems appropriate that I’m writing this post from Edinburgh, Scotland here at TED Global. And speaking of capitalism, George Papandreou’s, the former Prime Minister of Greece and the poster child for the European economic crisis, TED Global talk is already live. Have we gotten it all right? Of course not. Of course not.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 VisionSpring was founded in 2001 with the goal of reaching and providing affordable, quality glasses to the 2.5 With our pivot, we will have created a new set of disciplines around design, iteration, safety, and service in low-income communities.

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