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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

In the early 2000s, digital design and development freelancers were sort after – I was fresh out of University (having completed a degree in Media Arts) and was hungry for work. I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. Thanks to Victoria Wieck. #13- 13- Help people with marketing projects.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. In its most recent quarter, the company processed the exchange of $923 million of sales, which equates to a $3.6B In 2017, the company reported sales of over $500 million. annual GMV. NEW EMERGING MARKETPLACES.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

also, just to clarify, the first idea we worked on that we called “meebo&# back in 2003 was my idea. I would add that having a business such as a web development contract service would bring in cash-flow allowing the main founders to keep alive and grow the vision and initial beta. get to know each other first, etc.