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6 Medical Professionals Who Are Killing It On Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Medicine is global, and as we see right now, global health is just as vital as personal health. KevinMD – KevinMD is a website founded in 2004 by physician Kevin Pho. Still, these professionals are also using their channels to share important news, especially in light of the recent COVID-19 global pandemic.

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Wi-Fi Alliance Moves Up and Out

Austin Startup

How does a globally-influential trade organization that counts 400 companies in its roster and is charged with driving the evolution of an entire industry get its start? Sometimes with the help of start-up incubators, like the University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator (ATI).

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What is Coworking? Everything You Need to Know

Austin Startup

Its founder, John McGann, discussed the community and productivity aspects of the space in this article from 2004 : “People are here to work. The 2018 Global Coworking Survey shed some light on the numbers behind who uses coworking spaces. If you put up walls, there’s no point. What are the trends and expectations for coworking?

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. I started my business back in 2004 when I wanted to escape the corporate rat race. I did it because there aren’t enough companies in the world that allow women to have it all. But I don’t regret it for a second.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. For example, search for investors who are interested in mobile and also are willing to invest in Austin, Texas. Global Syndication Partners. You can follow Joshua on Twitter @joshuabaer. You’ll find 590 of them!

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

While the global financial crash of 2008 and the resulting Great Recession initially slowed job growth in Silicon Valley, the meteoric rise of smart phones and social media helped the tech industry as a whole to power ahead despite the near collapse of the global economy. A Variation on the Global Economic Crash of 2008?