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The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

No, talking on the phone isn’t ‘social’; no, emailing witty messages to your client crush won’t give you real community; no, I don’t care how important you are on reddit or Instagram. Build community into your lifestyle as deliberately as you mold your business. Heck, just host regular dinners with friends and family.

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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love

Duct Tape Marketing

However, I’ve noticed as the design community has leaped from font to font, color to color, designs are converging on a theme of minimalism. Specialized Web Hosting: Less Hassle, Worth the Extra Money. Web hosting has come a long way since I setup my first self-hosted domain back in 2004.

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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. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Victoria Wieck. #13-

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[Interview] Joseph A. Michelli, Author Of The Airbnb Way

YoungUpstarts

Michelli reveals the secrets and strategies that fueled Airbnb’s meteoric rise in his new book, “ The Airbnb Way: 5 Leadership Lessons for Igniting Growth through Loyalty, Community, and Belonging “ As he shows, Airbnb’s founders harnessed the power of design thinking and a firm belief in providing exceptional customer experience.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. With a new CEO in 2004, the toy company shifted gears and introduced new lines of some of the most popular LEGO sets in history. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. #16- Subscription service by BMW.

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Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief

Duct Tape Marketing

He’s the host of the Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief podcast, where he interviews COOs and other seconds to share their insights with his listeners. And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

It gained recognition during the 2004 presidential campaign when Howard Dean’s IT director decided to use it as a platform for community and campaigning. Acuia provides premium, high security, supported hosting to it’s customers, which all runs on top of Amazon AWS.

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