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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Starbucks, which is now a common coffee hangout place all over the United States, has an interesting owner. Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- #4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.

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Two Important Reports from the NVCA: VC Fundraising Declines 53% in Q3 2011 and U.S. Medical Innovation is in Crisis

Pascal's View

This crisis has already damaged America’s global competitiveness and slowed medical innovation in the U.S. billion, a 53 percent decrease in dollars from the third quarter of 2010 and the lowest amount since the third quarter of 2003. .” Shift focus away from the United States towards Europe and Asia.

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Students Show The Way For Technology Innovation At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

YoungUpstarts

In a global battle of smarts, only the toughest survive. Starting from some 1,000 registrants from 25 countries in 2003, the competition has spawned many a young technology entrepreneur. (Team AlphaWaves from Singapore, who will represent the country in the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 worldwide finals in Sydney this July).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8

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Helping Startups And Small Businesses: A Good Idea From D.C. (Can You Believe It?)

YoungUpstarts

The bill’s sponsors note that between 1980 and 2005, firms five years old or younger were responsible for all net new job creation in the United States. Few economists or policymakers would doubt the importance of startups in today’s economy. That’s about 40 million jobs. Are Small Businesses Missing the Bus?

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Coach Helping People Deal With Traumatic Situations

Hearpreneur

Momentum Education’s Executive Director Robinson Lynn would never have imagined that 11yrs after the passing of his mom, the groundwork she had laid out would prepare him to become interim Executive Director and help so many people globally deal with traumatic situations. I became the Executive Director of Momentum Education at 22.

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Coach Helping People Deal With Traumatic Situations

Hearpreneur

Momentum Education’s Executive Director Robinson Lynn would never have imagined that 11yrs after the passing of his mom, the groundwork she had laid out would prepare him to become interim Executive Director and help so many people globally deal with traumatic situations. I became the Executive Director of Momentum Education at 22.