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The Subscription Economy May Be Revolutionary—But It’s Not Without Risks

Up and Running

When I started in the financial services industry in 2003, getting to meetings when I was on the road was pretty straightforward—I took a cab. And, everything I needed to run my meeting was on my laptop in a series of Microsoft Office files—software I had purchased on CD ROM via a one-time transaction and installed on my machine.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Starting with the ‘1984’ advertisement , Apple has changed the way we should be thinking, controlling our lives, and operating as individuals. Born in 2003, Tesla wanted to prove to the world that it was possible to drive a fully electric car while being more powerful, faster, and more enjoyable than conventional cars. 20- Target.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

When I started my first company in 1999 we spent more than $2 million on technology infrastructure including Sun servers & Solaris operating system, Oracle databases, EMC storage, load balancers, app servers, back-up devices, disk mirrors and on and on. That is excluding a single line of code or paying any salaries.

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Navigating the Challenges of Scaling

Duct Tape Marketing

He is a self-taught software engineer and technologist. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Founded in 2003, ActiveCampaign helps small teams power big businesses with the must have platform for intelligent marketing automation. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Jason Vandeboom.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. Feeling motivated by this realization, I connected with my brilliant Co-Founder Amy Yuan, who then built a massive database consisting of reviews, assessments, and scientific research related to skincare. No hassles. No regrets.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0 Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com. Moderator: Joseph W.