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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Rob Greene. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13- 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. I am inspired by his entrepreneurship where he always stays a step ahead of others in the field. 12- Disney. 13- My grandfather.

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Which Color Converts The Best?

ConversionXL

In North America, green is typically associated with jealousy. Green supposedly means nature, freshness, growth and money. And analyzing the results in the 2004 Olympics, researchers have found that red also means dominance. Similar tendencies were found in the 2004 European Soccer Championship. Green vs red button war.

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Google Boulder’s Gift to NCWIT

Feld Thoughts

The head of Google Boulder (I think his official title in Googlespeak is “Engineering Site Director”) is Scott Green. I got involved shortly after it was founded in 2004 and became the board chair in 2005 (which I served as until I resigned all my non-profit board positions at the end of last year.)

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What the musically-charged Dreamforce 2013 taught us about running a company

The Next Web

This year, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff featured current and former Top 40 performers including Huey Lewis and the News (I’m assuming “The News” was there too, but you might fact check me on that), Green Day, Blondie and many others. You’re singing along to Green Day in the rain. No doubt Vanilla Ice is on the agenda for 2014.

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A Micropreneur Blueprint: How to Stay Solo, Bleed Passion, and.

Software By Rob

Background The idea for ChangeThis came from Seth Godin, and the site was built by a group of talented developers in 2004. The top 6 are given the green light. If you want to read the manifesto and don’t want to bother with the rest of this post, simply go here and click “Yes, please write this manifesto.&#

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ESG and Nonprofit Boards

Board Effect

One of the things they’re looking for in their careers is whether companies are sustainable and green-friendly. 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.

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back – Campus Consciousness Tour

crowdSPRING Blog

Reverb ( www.Reverb.org ) is an environmental nonprofit in the music industry that helps musicians green tours and make it easy for music fans everywhere to take environmental action. Reverb was founded in 2004 by environmentalist Lauren Sullivan and her musician husband, Adam Gardner of the band Guster.