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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Whilst teaching 16-18-year-old college students part-time, I had taken on a Flash website build in mid-2004 for a highly-reputed jewelry company in Bristol, UK, referred to me by a friend, and done a good job, other website opportunities started to come in. 9- Providing Legitimate B2B Customer Data in the Era of Mistrust.

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Support an Entrepreneur: Buy Local Technology

ReadWriteStart

As someone who spent two years in 2003 and 2004 in NYC selling technology to Wall St trading firms and having my friends and clients wonder what this whole startup thing was about and why I was "wasting" my career doing this after doing a fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University it is great to see how vibrant the NY Startup community has become.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Studies show that only 5% of B2B buyers are ready to buy. What: Wynter helps marketers to improve their copy with a panel of engaged B2B professionals. There’s only so much you can say about B2B panels in a way that nobody else has.

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The Golden Age of the Boston Internet Entrepreneur

Genuine VC

We rode the bubble wave to a successful outcome in 2000 , and after moving away for a few years which included a stint at business school , I returned back to Boston in 2004, and it felt like the web entrepreneurial community had almost entirely scattered after the crash. Today the landscape is very different from 2004.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

My company is named MARQETED and is a marketing consulting and services company for small businesses in the B2B sector. Teuko is now the lunchbox community that empowers families who pack lunches. It was 2004 and my wife and I were in New York. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 11- Four key words.

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Demand Generation: 7 Tactics to Fuel Your Funnel

ConversionXL

The information needed to make decisions is all around them: in their communities, at events, and at the end of a Google search. B2B demand generation focuses on ROI. Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. Today’s buyers are more empowered than ever. The impact of this?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

2- Worked closely with our most active community members. We worked extremely closely with our most active community members to name Commaful. A name that our community helped choose and really reflects the people who use the site today! My favorite number is 3 so that and shortened, 3LT is my favorite number plus my initials.

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