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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. In the early 2000s, digital design and development freelancers were sort after – I was fresh out of University (having completed a degree in Media Arts) and was hungry for work. No hassles. No regrets.

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Small business startup kit for 2007 – mostly free!

BeyondVC

As I started thinking about his question, I remember what it was like setting up our office in 1998 and the headaches and cost of buying a Nortel phone system and phones and hiring a Microsoft networking expert to get our office set up for file sharing, back up, and email. What a nightmare!

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. We run a web development company and we start by creating a splash page very similar to what is describe here. If we don't get a certain amount of signups on that splash page, we don't develop the rest of the site becuase they will not have any customer.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

On top of this, my role allows me greater flexibility and a daily sense of accomplishment helping other female entrepreneurs make money and put their best foot forward through beautiful branding and website development. In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Checkout [link].net

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. At IMVU, when wed hire a new engineer, we could get them to ship code to production on their first day, even if they had never programmed in PHP before. Thats simply impossible on most platforms.

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