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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

Through them, entrepreneurs can hook up with R&D resources in universities and companies, and get access to a robust support network that provides opportunities for visibility, growth and financing. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research. Next page: The Jeunes Pousses. The Startups.

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5 Myths About Building A Successful Brand And Business

YoungUpstarts

Some real-life examples of this include: Martha Stewart, whose company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, suffered and never fully recovered after she was found guilty in 2004 of charges related to insider trading. Your finances and brand reputation may soar one year, struggle the next, and then make strides again after that.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. Second, understand the broader financing climate. Reid Hoffman.

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ESG and Nonprofit Boards

Board Effect

The term ESG was first popularized by the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation when they published a report called Who Cares Wins in 2004. Improving reputation. Shortly after, activist investors followed suit and used the same strategy to advance other important causes. Getting a financial return.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started R Public Relations on a wing and a prayer, but my reputation in the public relations world has followed me to success. My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. Image Credit: Ray Higdon.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most. Since coming to Australia in 2004 my passion for creativity was further boosted and was well alive while still doing my business degree and working in corporate world until 2011.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.