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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. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. Photo Credit: Rob Greene. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13- #4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. 10- Elon Musk. 12- Disney.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

How a law firm got funded thanks to partners that wouldn’t give up. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. Who could you contact that might be interested in your business, even if you think they’re totally out of your league? Turn to your state.

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Smooth-Stone Changes Name to Calxeda; Adds Hires

Austin Startup

The response from customers and technology partners validates we are onto something big. He was previously Senior Vice President, responsible for product lines and manufacturing operations, at SigmaTel through its 2003 IPO and then acquisition by Freescale. This is within our reach with technologies we are developing at Calxeda.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Image Credit: Siobhan Green. Thanks to Siobhan Green, Sonjara, Inc ! #8 Image Credit: Andrew Greer. Image Credit: Bryan Miles.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Three years after that, I was fortunate enough to find a firm, Land Carroll & Blair, with a same client-oriented mentality and partnered with them. Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20 We use a patented, proprietary ingredient Floralux which is naturally derived from chlorophyll (the green stuff in plants).

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Joining the Kauffman Fellows Board

Feld Thoughts

In 2003, it was spun out of the Kauffman Foundation into a separate non-profit but, at the 20th reunion in Kansas City, the Kauffman Foundation made a new gift to the Kauffman Fellows Program to accelerate the midwestern venture capital ecosystem. Some of the early Kauffman Fellows are now leading major firms.

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Telling Your Brand Story Through Packaging Design: These 3 Businesses Are Doing It Right

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Victoria Greene of BrandPackaging.com explains : The way a product is packaged can create a dynamic, engaging story about your brand, drawing upon a multitude of features. Lee Fredericksen, Managing Partner at Hinge Marketing explains : A brand promise is an extension of a company’s positioning. Dogs will always poop. The Packaging.